If you have a track record of vetting top-level vendors, managing regular KPI's and willing to spend countless hours to become an expert on that market... then go for it. 

I have countless more stories after 20 years of owning and managing lower C class properties.

I know you're not at this point yet, but my main mistake was overpricing the unit I had for rent, which led to an extended vacancy and a lot of wasted time showing the unit to people who didn't apply (and countless hours replying to Facebook messages asking if it's still available).

I own a property management company in Albany and own several properties myself, and have been in countless meetings with lawyers, clients, and other PM's since these laws were passed on June 14th hashing out our strategy to operate under these new laws, and although they suck and are classic examples of Emperor Cuomo's overreach and anti-business policies, they're manageable if you're a good operator. 

To exacerbate the negative image of investors and developers even further, we have the countless stories like those of Peter Hungerford and Rochester Asset Management that have been used as powerful ammunition in their fight.

Countless masses of elderly people are sucked back into working BECAUSE they did exactly that for their retirement funds. 

ok, so i did a BP forum search of these two subjects (combined and separately. i've read over 20 pages of results (countless pages of actual text). i've learned some new stuff. but, the one thing i can't seem to find is "what to tell sellers about the potential of triggering the DOS by doing a ST"... anyone have a script that doesn't look shady?

There are countless cases of contractors taking money upfront and ghosting later.

@Joel Owens - I have to tell you, I have spent countless hours researching as much as I can about strips.  

I am not asking “how to do arbitrage”, I have took the courses, spent over a year doing my own homework, I have spoke to landlords, realtors , continuing to pitch  my business model countless times .