Unfortunately, this has often led to a disregard for proper portfolio management, with attention diverted towards maintaining an image of dominance rather than fulfilling responsibilities. 

If its a cash flow play then I would wonder why would you would divert a retirement investment for a cash flow play (what about your retirement).  

If we go town houses, can we pour a large slab and add the pre fab homes in a modular way to recycle the cash?

Grab a fixer-upper, spruce it up, rent it out for sweet cash flow, then refinance to recycle your investment.

The vinyl is made most from recycled cars plastics mixed with lime stone. 

Typically it involves just stuffing insulation everywhere but it can involve - depending on budget and customer goals - other features such as eco friendly siding and eco friendly insulation (we used recycled blue jeans one time).If the house has been deemed historical by the City and you have to work with an Historical Committee, then you will have your hands full.

Another has had the electrical wires in the house 'recycled' to the extent that the electrical meter and main connection wire was removed to prevent a fire if turned on by accident or bypassed by the squatters. 

I went from $1500/month profit with those two paid off houses to 17k/month profit by scaling up by recycling equity to buy more and more properties without any out of pocket $ by leveraging.

These are usually small things, like a slow leaky toilet, some loose handles in the kitchen, maybe the shower diverter isn't working well (we have very hard water here so its common).While this is rather/sort of embarrassing, I THINK bBy getting them fixed quickly it actually shows that I a landlord that intends to maintain my properties and provide at least a decent place for my tenants to live.To save a bit of money, I change out the locksets on the door myself. 

It's a real estate investment strategy that allows investors to build a portfolio of rental properties over time by recycling the capital invested in one property into multiple deals.