Aren't all sales on the planet done this way?

Quote from @Stan Sudarso: Quote from @Doug Smith: I had good friends/business contacts that worked there...all have fled to greener pastures.

Dealing with and communicating with 6 nineteen year old girls living in a property together is hard enough, I can't and won't deal with their 12 parents. 2) DEALING WITH NEIGHBORSNeighbors in my market don't like student rentals just as they don't everywhere else on planet earth.

Look, fact is the #1 reason why BRICS hasn't kicked the USD's butt all over the planet yet is because the BRICS can't get there sh_t together on a unified reserve currency that is up to the task.

Outside the walls of my home, in the general public, I can't think of a single instance in my half century on the planet where having a firearm would have changed a situation or where I found myself in a situation that I could not walk/run away from to avoid conflict altogether.

It is like you might as well be on a different planet.   

And it required a lot of time and effort on my part whereas the syndication stuff is purely passive.But there's no way anybody can tell me that sfh rentals - if they are bought right at 70% ltv or better - are not going to return way more than anything else on the planet when you factor in how little money you actually have to put into them to begin with and then you let appreciation and principal paydown and rental profits pile up. 

Outside of the inherent challenge of managing heroin addicts (by definition some of the most manipulative and difficult personalities on the planet, especially when it come to money), the business can be quite good.  

ANd then for all we know, the planet coiuld be on the verge of entering a new Wet-Age or Ice-Age.

I'm trying to help other people understand that making their rentals sustainable could actually enhance their returns quite a bit, and help the planet.