Plus stainless has that "wow factor" that may make the unit easier to rent thus decreasing down time between tenants.

The returns are HML are high enough that the "down time" on funds in your account will have little affect on your overall return.

Using @Rogers Smith example above, if I can get the comps high enough and the land cheap enough, could be able to finance the project with little "actual" money down. Time

Also, download the BP podcasts onto your phone and listen to them in the car or whenever you have down time.

And you have downtime between when one deal cashes out and you can get the money re-invested.

I am more concerned with not being able to expand in down times, not so much as being underwater.I've written about what I think will trigger the next housing crash in previous posts, and if anything, it seems more inevitable to me than when I wrote that post.

I must say out of pocket expense to run vacations can be high and sometimes you do have downtime.

Bookmarking all these links for good reads during down time at work!

They have much more turnover and down time since most tenants use a 2 br as temporary stopping point.

There’s down time during the day, but it’s usually about 15minutes here and there that I’m able to spend reading REI books or listening to podcasts, but I’m extremely limited as far as being able to schedule property visits and things that require me to be physically away from my desk.At first I thought I’d try to get a moderate, 4 unit rental property, but I wasn’t sure of the location I wanted to invest in.