And for sure I doubt 1% will ever see the inside of a court room.. were I see a lot of stuff these days is with contractors and sellers of real estate stealing money.. like the Morris invest debacle were millions got literally stolen..

While the markets I have chosen may not have as much rent growth or cap rate compression as other top growth markets, I believe the lack of competition makes up for that.Just as investing in the stock market, or bitcoin, or anything, you want to be ahead of the heard as best as possible.

Definitely not FHA, the property would never have passed that for multiple reasons.One of them being, the exterior electrical wires for one of the sides had been stolen for some pittance in scrap copper. 

Make sure you cover liability in case things are stolen in your lease or the shed addendum. 

An alternative would be to use the extra power to mine bitcoins using graphics cards or ASICs and programs like nicehash or claymore.

Poof you just got your house stolen!

If you buy Income Producing Real Estate at the right numbers (and know what you are doing) I think no other asset class compares.Some people's owned Real Estate portfolios are better for them than others.Some people want appreciation for sale, some want stable cash flow, some want big cash flow.Roulette can pay out 35 to 1 for a winning bet, but not many would consider that a suitable investment strategy due to the risk of losing.With Real Estate we can add value, enjoy the increase in value over time, get depreciation benefits on our taxes, control the income upwards by improving it, or getting better management, etc..And stocks, bit coin, gold, etc.. is not gambling how (you have no control over them)?

When I came back, my trash can had been stolen and strangely replaced with a totally broken one with holes.

I've done well on some long term bitcoin investments. 

And they were big on bitcoin investing.