If you've assumed you can pocket the phony cash flow each month and you've spend it, you'll have a problem with your HVAC guy wants $3000 on the coldest day of the year and your tenants are freezing.

But I thought it was the other way around... we can't turn the water on until the gas is on because the pipes will freeze.

If the home has been vacant for a year or more, I would plan to replace every fixture in the house and re-seat toilets as rubber O-Rings can shrink or crack and wax can freeze.

There were a few times it happened in the middle of the night and I'd wake up freezing cold. 

Contracts, deals, and negotiations must be done with the best interests of the partnership in mind, not just one or two partners.3) There are a few M&A tricks that could be done, for example, such as a freeze-out merger.

These funds can be in savings, or they can be cash available on your credit card (definitely not recommended).Pipes freezing and bursting, HVAC going out during a hot summer or a cold winter or an unexpected vacant house that needs lots of repairs are all examples of times when you are going to suddenly need to access cash FAST!

I've known home owners who saw that the market was crashing in 2008/2009 and maxed out their existing lines of credit because they feared that the banks would freeze them.

I've also read its good to NOT have the account at the same bank your mortgages are from - because they can seize it, and freeze assets at will.

Like many said, i believe it's simply an investment that protects your money from inflation, and being worth less, almost like freezing the value of your money.

It was frustrating that when my expenses triggered needing a rent increase, they randomly put a freeze in place.