We did that deliberately so that we would not be responsible for repairs or even worse if the tenant was to be injured with it we did not want any responsibility.

Fraud: a deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain (adjectival form fraudulent; to defraud is the verb).And it totally undermines the idea behind the rule, which is to offer an opportunity to get into property to folks who don't have an extra 10k or so to throw down.

Certainly sometimes things go from good to bad, but it would be pretty hard to be around here for 8 years deliberately snowing anyone, which was what your original post stated. 

Amy Ranae , no matter what route you go, you'll still be better than most people because you're deliberately thinking this through!

They do not consider deliberate tenant damage to be vandalism.

However, I'm a big proponent of having deliberate processes and taking time to learn before jumping in, so at the moment I'm assembling a group of advisers, reading books, and diverting money into a down payment fund (rather than just moving money, to ensure I give myself time to learn).My goal is to have several thousand in cashflow in 20-25 years (I'm 30).

OR may the current owner knew of the ground rent and deliberately chose not to mention it to the agent. 

I would not deliberately try to profit off someone’s misery .i can’t help the choices they made in life with their income and investments .I’m just saying it’s a natural consequence of not planning and putting their eggs in one basket could result in them becoming renters in a down economy 

Best thing is to move slowly and deliberately so that you don't make a move you regret later.

How effective they are is a completely different story.Not only does the data not validate your claim, in some ways for what you say to be true, that means the federal reserve would have to deliberately (through its policies) try to ensure that inflation remains higher than house prices and that would actually effectively violate their very reason for existence or stated objectives.Again this is very simple, if you have data which shows that inflation has outpaced home prices the last 10, 20, 30 or 40 years, lets see it.