My thoughts are pretty much based on events in the past few months (ie Paris, San Bernardino, and many many massacres) as well as the 2016 cover of The Economist, ie they have a baby staring at a globe which represents the growing global pandemic of a virus patented decades ago and spread by GMmosquitoes and effective in reducing brain mass/intelligence of most children of infected mothers.That plus school shootings, massacres, water shortages, power outages, and a possible shutdown of EBT Food Stamps could quickly spark a chaos scenario in America's most populous multifamilies & cities.Look around at how many commercial/retail spaces are vacant.

Like the difference between buying a growth stock and a bond.I agree that the OP (and everyone else) should carefully work out their TIMING for "trading for cash flow" (to their OWN satisfaction)*, but he/they needn't be questioned derisively as if it's patently a terrible decision (which seemed to me @Jack B.'

Hopefully voting polls is still upI totally agree 1st logoQuick question : are you going to pay to patent logo or simply using for all your marketing materials ?

If you are talking about turnkey SFR rentals, putting each under a separate LLC strikes me as a burdensome, costly, and frankly patently absurd way to go.

We pickup a lot of extra high dollar rentals for Graduation, Football game weekends, back to school, patents visiting their kids etc.

Those rates of returns are usually 15-20% or possibly more.Also, I could argue that a first position loan on a single-family rehab flip in a hot market can be extremely risky and likely more risky than passive equity in a blue collar apartment complex.I personally invest in both selectively but I don't think it's fair to say one is patently a better investment than the other.

If that business is making widgets, you have a widget and some sales, and maybe some IP (patents, copyrights), then I may be able to convince myself the existing business has value.OTOH, if you come to me with that offer and the business is to buy an income producing piece of real estate, I'm going to be very skeptical if my $1 million is the only cash in the deal.  

IRS Approved" or "IRS Patented" @Yonah Weiss You are so right!

That is patently false and a dangerous message.   

There isn't anything patently unsafe about Wall Strett investments.