@JD MartinUsually the city provides large cans but I would call to see if there is an alternative if it’s 4 units with two levels. if it’s one level then this model still makes sense since their trash and recycling is included.

They obviously  know the three R's – reduce, reuse and recycle – all help to cut down on the amount of waste we throw away, Reuse and recycle whatever you can.

I bought 54 homes in Atlanta and doubled my money in 3 years.I agree with you that RE cycles.. but from my point of few major moves that cause prices to drop or crash have always been led off by some big event that either never happened before or was out of our control...

This is something you should consider anyhow, and can use the long term historical averages (averages spanning multiple RE cycles) as a good guestimate.

I found two rusted out water heaters and got $12.50 at the recycling center!!

They want to recycle money quickly to increase their returns, they aren't looking to collect installment payments long term.Rental properties generally get either conventional financing (15 - 30 years fixed) or after that's exhausted or otherwise unavailable, will go with private funding (generally a bit more expensive, shorter amortizations, and variable rates).

So the guy collecting empty aluminum cans on the way to the recycle center is clearly an investor.

I'm in the midwest markets (mainly OH and IN) so there's plenty of good deals...the issue I'm struggling with is recycling my money quickly.  

I know with BRRRR you want to refi to pull the money out recycle and do it again so it is awesome in that regard.  

Other profit centers (mortgage paydown, appreciation which may be negative in your case, cash flow over the full life, and tax benefits) ... project them all out using long term average historic appreciation rates (CAGR over decades spanning multiple RE cycles, for both rents and prices) for that hood and compute IRR ... this will give you a much more complete and realistic picture of how the investment is most likely to perform.This is the analytical framework for how to assess the financials ... the important underlying question though is why are prices so depressed and not keeping up with inflation?