i've started to think of my rental income as one component of my financial portfolio. 

one thing that's negative from Out of state investing is that we as landlord never grow up. we don't develop business channel, we don't develop business skillset, and we give money to out of state realtor and out of state property management only.in term of business education, investing and creating local business locally is way preferable.I'd rather want to know much the NNN lease in san mateo in-n-out burger rather than 2/1 in indianapolis.Passive investing IMO is detrimental in long term as we almost don't gain anything from a family dinner cash flow.

Does not cashflow great as my other long-term buy and holds but got some build in equity off the deal and property is located in a desirable location making it a great component to my overall portfolio.

They don't necessarily break down all the components and then charge you a fee to manage it, etc.

That rental money reinvested into these value add components should theoretically have a 3-5X, or more, return.

I design every house and multifamily and mixed use development we do including every component, assembly, etc.

With housing prices skyrocketing, the increasing cost of raw components and lumber, and labor shortages, the idea of owning a piece of income property is just not in the cards anymore for many individuals.

I'm over at eXp Commercial, and with the size of the company it opens up a number of opportunities to collaborate with other brokers all over the US and the world. eXp and REAL both offer a revenue share component which incentives agents to form teams and bring on other agents, I think that is one of the drives for both

I would also think that a sexual component is in play here being a pool area where people are scantily clad or maybe even skinny-dipping? 

I'm from Mexico, so I'll try to embark on a mission to tropicalize some of the content, components and costs to this market.