These are 2 distinct classifications and are treated differently in the eyes of the law.

Very dangerous. 

Rent control is a dangerous trend these days, and my State is toying with this outdated idea as well.

I won't go into all the details here but my point is to highlight a bit more what's happening in the industry and ensure folks know its a team sport, that there are clear distinctions between an operator / sponsor and sometimes they are one and the same, and that the person who may be raising capital should both practically and legally have a broad based role in the GP partnership. 

IE tenant or subsequent buyer defaults causes huge damage and your now faced with negative cash flow for a year and 20k to fix the place. if you can handle that its okwhat happens though is you have unsophisticated sellers and in a lot of instances the home is lost to the bank and the sellers credit is trashed.. plus many times they want to buy something else and with this mortgage still in their name they cant.its just a very risky dangerous thing for a seller. 

In my mind, this kind of advice is dangerous because it implies you can buy without putting any money into the property.

We are having a baby, (and I’m a pediatrician) and know all to well, the dangers of exposing an infant to lead containing dust.

The benefit (and the danger) of working for yourself.

Heartland cities tend either to be slow, steady climbers, or stagnant for quite a while.Markets definitely have their own distinct cycles but they tend to not fall too far off of the macroeconomic cycles of the US real estate market.

Those 5-month loans are dangerous.