It's organic business growth, not propped up artificially

I'll be there if you want to meet some active investors.CAREIA.org for details (it's a non profit organization).

I think the short answer is that it came from an organic process.Norm and I have been a ma and pa operation of purchasing and landlording in North Adams, Ma. for 10 years.  

Most of the time setting up RUBS is the best way to get that cost passed along but you have to make sure the market will support that.

Your suggestion would fall into the organization cost in my above picture (pre business beginning).

When I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and spent months in the hospital (lost the ability to walk and had some organs removed), and wasn't expected to live, I made sure that my brother dropped off a rent check every month to my landlord.

Honestly, if you want to scale and buy other property, it makes a lot of sense to organize things via SPEs. 

If you are really interested in decentralized organizations (like blockchains), there is a book out there I would recommend that is called "The Spider and the Starfish" that discusses the power, adaptability, and resiliency of decentralized organizations in our society.

It's probably better to just keep growing cashflow until it happens organically, eh?

Now that I'm doing it full time, the need to be more organized with costs, contractor and materials scheduling etc. has become apparent.What software are you using to project manage your rehabs/flips?