As for ease of switching over, it really all depends on how organized your current data and business systems and processes are.

@Allen Moore In New York City, section 8 is awful, the tenants play the system masterfully and the courts are in bed with the city.

It also says:"MAINTENANCE: It is expected that major systems in and around the property will breakdown from time to time such as washer, dryer, refrigerator, etc.

That layout is fairly final.Luckily not in a hurry and just work the system and not get in a hurry.

The system I use has different catagories.

If the manufacturer went belly up, I was going to be out all my money?

PAL - passive activity losses limitationsHere's the compromise our tax system created.

Generally the big boys are running big firms and big systems. 

However, not everyone has the income to qualify conventional, so the alternative route would be DSCR loan where the program doesn't look into your income, instead it evaluates based on the subject property rental performance based on the ratio system.

Another one to watch out for is Industrial Heat, LLC which is based out of RaleighThey may release some game-changing technology soonTheir manufacturing may be in China though