Once I saw real estate purely as a numbers game that made the whole process seem a lot simpler and understandable. 

right now its purely beneficial to you.

By pure happenstance I cam across the classic super highly motivated seller who wanted out yesterday and was willing to leave all his equity on the table.

Do we have data on how feasible the “stack method” is, including financial outcomes based on the 200 dollar per unit, pure cash flow ideal?

pure and simple.if you went to two different car dealerships and found the same car for the same price, then you found out that one of the salesmen was making a higher commission, should you care?

From a purely personal point of view as the one who does the cooking I would prefer a hood exhaust as opposed to some counter top exhaust and a double oven.What if you didn't decide but go with some kind of builder(flipper) credit and let the buyer decide up to a certain value?

An owner's claimed cap rate is pure marketing and it won't be the same two years in a row, why even look at it?!  

I still have a good supply of all,of the PURE stuff.

One problem with commodities is that they are a bit of a gamble because the price is based purely on demand and supply and demand often changes suddenly as investor sentiment changes.The stock of a good company with good financials and good growth prospects is much easier to value because it is based on the cash flows that the company will generate.

Now it was a lower end product and not a resort destination, but I didn't like it from a pure investment standpoint.