The title was a little too short in characters to allow me to fully describe the post, but in simplest terms i'm trying to ask for advice and critique of my plans - in addition to leaving a record in case I or whoever else would like to read later.

Any suggestions on simplest logistics.

A key ingredient to the positive cash flow is the vacation rental market here is year-round due to Disney, Universal and SeaWorld.  

I once baked a really awesome cake, which was subjected to only my opinion about what the ingredients, frosting decorations, and flavor should be.

@Matthew Paul  The simplest answer would be that exterior paints have products such as mildewcides and UV protective elements to help prevent the suns damaging UV rays over time.

The simplest term is a wrap around mortgage.

As Charles and others have pointed out, networking is a key ingredient in the whole thing and we should not have so many informational events that they intrude on networking opportunities.5.

@Jay Hinrichs Hi Jay,Couldn't agree with you more about some of the keys to success - at it's simplest you need tenant's that PAY (by that I mean high quality tenants) and tenants that STAY (people underestimate the importance of length of tenancy as turn-over is a killer of returns).

I agree that the ingredients implicit in Detroit's fall are too numerous to consider and are only hypothesis at best.

My main ingredients for weapons were simply a boric acid (borax) and sugar powder mix (about 1 to 10 borax to sugar).