Not fun or enjoyable in any form or fashion.  

I would be careful not being honest with these companies as it can be huge penalties etc. if you are not using the information in a fashion they say you are going to be using it for. 

The other options you are playing with fire as using a HELOC that is paying interest is essentially buying with 100% financing.Having no skin in the game has always been a high risk strategy and people were able to get away with it the past few years due to the money supply and inflation but I would not use that as the measuring stick.

He's a really smart guy when it comes to supply, demand, rent control, and overall investing

The need is much much much greater and demand will continue to outpace supply.

This was so important to our business that we covered the cost of these consumable kitchen supplies for all our owners.

When the biggest buyer in the market is gone, supply balloons and rates have to go up to bring in buyers.

Anybody can live in the large student housing complexes but there is a much more limited supply of rental houses near the University. 

One of the reasons there is short supply of housing is because guy bought a 5 bedroom in 1980 and he is paying $1000 a year for it.  

How do you handle contractor schedules and supply chain slowdowns?