One thing people haven't mentioned is look for your own ad on the key rental syndicated sites and see if it presents well. 

If you pay that before the end of the month, the reported balance is going to be $0 even if you buy $5k worth of Christmas presents next week, because that float won't count until the next statement closes.

Quote from @Paul De Luca: @Rance SmithWow, that's nightmare situation you went through...Just curious, did you do a sewer scope inspection prior to closing on the building?

I also tried to listen to today's 9 to 5 live presentation.

Ivan had a big town hall meeting where investors were invited to Indy to a live presentation..

Subsidized Housing and Section 8:You’re right that Section 8 and subsidized housing present economic challenges for landlords, which is why so many avoid it.

This is why in the "proper" construction world, the GCs have many meetings with their subs to de-scope the bid.

Not sure, but the way it was presented it seems like you were putting these two approaches in similar buckets. 

Even sports touts with their huge failure rate and constant churn still have positive reviews and references.These low budget scams do not present like Madoff.

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