Most gurus don't talk about them much and most investors look to it as the last thing to do with their money but I can honestly tell you that if you plan on being around real estate beyond this current BOOM cycle, you should consider the merits of having more rental units.

All of those diamonds merit a, "Good post" comment and the piece of coal gets 2.5 paragraphs of a quick question. 

@Zachary BraniganOn the surface it def has merit and worth looking into further.  

By participating frequently, you begin to see patterns/trends from other posters and maybe develop on whose opinions you give more merit to.

make no sense.As far as not having a ton of cash sitting in a bank earning less than 1%, there is some merit to that.... you should have you $$ working for you in a better way..... but that $$ better be in some liquid form that you can easily access to pay for the expenses that will come up....because they will..... its not a IF....its a WHEN.....and HIOW MUCH....And I think that spreadsheet with the CapEx stuff in in the library under tools etc.... there are bunch of analysis Excel sheets and I'm pretty sure one of them has that as part of it

Each stands on it's own merits and that is why each deal has to be individually analyzed for returns.

To LLC or not to LLC is a widely debated topic on BP, and both sides of the equation have merit - but now that the new tax bill is here, I suspect the merits of those arguments will change.  

However, I think you have a really strong position - the merits of your homes sell themselves.  

Typically if it is college sponsored it has some merit to it and won't be someone trying to sell you something.

,Some of the feedback you're getting, as to the merits of your rental investment, are because you're only quoting the $2500 per month "gross margin" above the mortgage.