- I would have regular check-ins to make sure the property is being cared for and not destroyed.

Plus, the unit ends up being 2X the cost, with tenants destroying the units.With section 8, you want to find tenants will be there for a long time and take care of the units...

The tornado that hit last year destroyed around 50 homes, contributing to the area’s high vacancy rate.

Quote from @Carlos Ptriawan: totally agree, key point is don't lose money by not having complete understanding of future risk.we're in the great collapse of CRE market and LP is destroyed because the passive investor is the dumb money, time is important but not to lose money is incredibly even more important , the total collapse in many commercial real estate sector is way beyond 2008 as it seems.Carlos, where are you seeing that "we're in the great collapse of the CRE market" ?

I wonder if he dealt with occupants differently, they wouldn't have destroyed the place.  

I saw a guy driving past a square mile of solar panels in Texas where every single panel was destroyed.

Do you ever have any problems with students in your units such as destroying property & not paying rent on time.

Quote from @Russell Brazil: Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Downvotes can be used as a weapon more than upvotes....you get a little feud going (we've had a few) and someone with very few votes at all could get destroyed. 100%.

Just have to diversify so one thing doesn't destroy your investment account.  

Look James, to put this another way, Short-Term Rental industry destroys you're entire argument!