There are plenty who do things to help raise up their communities, and of course naturally when you get into apartment complexes large numbers come with the territory, but so does syndication which tends to water those numbers down again.

You will naturally buy more in slow markets and less in hot  markets.

I’m particularly interested in hard assets like natural resources.

Majority of the buildings are typically older units so you you need to adequately put aside for capital expenditures. 

However, depending on the motivations of the seller, you may find a way to carry some seller financing if you use a local bank or something of that nature.

But usually it's unseasoned nature is a non starter and requires too much of a discount.Either a partial exchange (opt 1) or a note buy out (opt 2) will work for you quite nicely. 

Brent Gargasz I live and invest in Cincinnati but work in the oil and natural gas industry.

Did you ever find an adequate answer to this question?

Naturally the tenant claims they didn't have the window open.

For that they will want to buy some rental properties as that is much more passive in nature.