The vulnerable low income tenants can only see forever increasing rent with this out of balance ecosystem.

It also makes you vulnerable to "betting the farm" on the next big deal....The key to being happy with your investing (or any other) results is to define what success is for you and then work to achieve it.

You may be right that in a down economy, my low cash flows may make me vulnerable.

A lock box seems too vulnerable.... it would contain cash and there is too much personal information on an application, including the social security number.

They are more vulnerable to personal lawsuits outside of the LLC protection.

They capture a person's vulnerabilities then exploit the buyers motivations of getting educated about a process called "wholesaling"! 

Scott Trench, that's my worry, the higher interest rates and shorter terms scare me because 1) it might kill the cash flow and 2) I rather not be vulnerable to higher interest rates that are likely to be a reality in the years ahead (shorter terms/balloon payments scare me a bit bc of that).  

Once you have properties, you're vulnerable to lawsuits.

Who would have thought that the new rules to protect vulnerable tenants would make it harder to find housing in the future.  

It's amazing how much easier it is to obtain loans because of a corporate job that's often significantly more vulnerable (at least was the case in my former situation) than in self employment.