Driving for dollars and handwriting letters is very time consuming.

Single family you have fewer rules and more control and all the responsibility. 

Basically; there are loans for consumers looking to buy and hold a real estate dwelling as a "rental home" for the long term.

. - Cash buyers could be big 'winner's' as generally there are fewer contingencies and theoretically could obtain a lower sales price and pay their representative directly. - First time home buyers (presumedly those that most intended to bring down 'affordability' could find less housing options)..why? 

However, this means forfeiting the potential future appreciation of your current property and could entail a time-consuming process of finding suitable replacement properties.

It is a time consuming process but if you hit on one it is worth it.

Hi Gary, Finding reputable contractors can be time-consuming and difficult. 

Bad for consumers.

As long as everything is disclosed upfront, there shouldn't be any confusion from consumers.

I feel like a lot of people work property management up to be a super time consuming thing, but with the right tenant in place, the right team on the ground and some software to manage things, it can be done from a far relatively easy.