Without rent growth or appreciation, these purchases produce terrible return.  

Every time you buy a house, take any cash flow it produces and add that to your pile.

Links to your three other posts on this same topic so readers can see what's already been discussed:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/551577-backyard-homes-produced-in-chinahttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/617/topics/551580-china-built-backyard-homes-socalhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/537480-tiny-homes-produced-in-chinaThis sort of house is an interest of mine, though I'm more interested in building them on-site with a 3D printer and local materials.  

A lot of rentals do not produce any significant cash flow the first several years….. 

Geo leads) seem like a walk in the park.In sum, you want to focus on income-producing activities (lead generation) given the fact that you don't have much time in the day to spend on RE. 

But every day investors buy less than desirable property utilizing high leverage debt at high interest rates producing high risk of negative cash flow and built in negative equity.  

But even breakeven on a house in a super fast growing market like Raleigh will statistically produce hundreds of thousands in return equity over time.

Consumer mindset, they've never been business owners with a producers mindset.

I am from TN and the real estate here has gotten too pricey to produce the returns I am looking for.

However …- even with this being relatively a poor time to Purchase residential RE, I suspect a 10 year hold will produce better return than most other investment options- there are a lot of ways to invest in RE.