The whole point of investment properties is to PREVENT this type of situation, by having supplemental income.

IUL's and Fixed Indexed Annuities are great resources to help supplement your portfolio and help with optimizing taxable events. 

Maybe you could each work so part time easy job to supplement your life style for a while.

Policyholders may need to seek supplemental insurance for these additional protections.4.

With the economy in the condition it currently is, I think it is unlikely that you will find droves of homeowners in financial distress.It's worth a try (and by try I mean more than a couple houses on a single day), but should be a supplemental strategy, not your go-to.

In ten years, it will be worth the same as $748 today.The takeaway is that no matter how many properties you own in a city where rents do not outpace inflation, sooner or later you will be forced to get a job to supplement your declining rental income buying power.What causes prices and rents to rise or fall?

If it has shortfalls, supplement them with a spreadsheet or other tool. 

The idea was to diversify and supplement our retirement income.  

I probably wouldn't do a whole building of S8, but it is a nice supplement. 

Or are you looking to increase your cash flow to supplement/offset some of your income?