I don't personally have tens of thousands in cash on hand for larger down payments (I do though in my TSP/401k), but my dad will have maybe a couple hundred thousand after the sale of his house soon.

It's also a couple days work.

I do have a couple that had appliances already but I don't warrant them in the lease.  

The small multi family space (4-20 units) seems to be less crowded, but those deals can be hard to manage unless they’re within a couple of hours from where you live so you could manage or turn it yourself if you had to. 

I've had a couple of elderly vets who considered allowing the buyers to assume the loan, but this is rare.

I am more than willing to do something like this on my own in the next couple of years when I am ready but we are looking to get started now.

I acquired a 3-flat in Humboldt a couple months ago who had two units not paying (ouch).

It is exhausting to live in a job site and feel like you are bleeding cash, but we've done a couple of times and still think it's a good idea.

I just downloaded it and tested it for a couple str cleaning bids and it’s giving me a very good idea of how much cleaning will be.

These are a couple of things we do during our lease audit process.This is a prime example of why investors need reserve funds.