I would very much love to be able to gobble up a portfolio of 10 cap parks, put a regional manager in place, and be sitting in cash cow city while I wait for the multifamily industry to crash and burn from its current low cap rates until acquisitions are attractive again in that sector.

I have been negative on public companies that build homes since September 2005 as you can see from this blog post titled "Housing Sector in Pain".

This sector is grossly underserved by landlords (I am still hesitant to participate). 

Lending is a great way to derive income in the real estate sector.

I always say strive for min 7 streams of income in different sectors to have for your retirement.

I want to take care of my family and give to many causes worldwide.

Governments rightly look to private sector to provide and manage housing supply, bringing tax incentives for both parties.

We decided to move away from this deal for a couple reasons, one of them being intensive management/learning curve (and lack-luster corresponding returns) due to heavy POH, something that I was reluctant to dive into on deal one in the MHP sector. 

CA taxes residents on worldwide income but may provide a credit for taxes paid to other states.

Dubai is not exactly a free market when it comes to the government's direct influence in the building sector.