Crowdnetic is a company that tracks crowdfunding and their quarterly report shows real estate leading by 3x over the next closest industry (retail).The marketplaces in the industry leading the charge in real estate are Fundrise, Realty Mogul, Patch of Land, RealCrowd, iFunding.

Slim to negative cash flow, high likelihood that rates will increase (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-26/bullard-sees-fed-raising-rates-in-first-quarter-of-2015.html), all while hoping and praying for appreciation?  

Damages... best practice is to drive by and observe the exterior often (monthly is good, weekly is better), inspect the interior often (semi-annually is good, quarterly is better), and deal with damages as you find them.

Here we get billed quarterly for each of them....AND, there is the whole lockbox key thing.  

Gabriel Perez If you're concerned about cleanliness/damages you can include quarterly inspections in the contract.

The borrower must be capable of re-paying back as agreed. 2.Repayment is made Monthly Quarterly or Yearly depending on the choice of the borrower and The Repayment schedule for a Loan is calculated and sent to the borrower.

The biggest difference in my opinion between large multi and single families are the close quarters the tenants live in.

These numbers are for Memphis only:Average Rent:  $978Average Deposit:  $1,023Memphis Vacancies:  92Memphis Owners (July 1, 2014) 913Memphis Properties (July 1, 2014) 20332nd Quarter number:Leases Closed (Q2) 205Leases Closed with rent above our company zip code average (Q2) 146Leases completed and renewed  (Q2) 130Move Outs (Q2) 109These numbers show that rents are rising on a majority of the properties we are renting.  

We were actually hosting a monthly Meetup in Dublin, but are switching to a quarterly format. 

They must be as close as possible to the subject property (quarter mile or less) and be as close as possible to condition, square footage, number of bedrooms and baths.