And I would like to think one day in the future I can provide that opportunity to an individual(s), a couple, or even family who deserves it the most.That being said, everything in our society comes at a price, whether it is financially or through blood, sweat and tears.

You can PLAN ahead and execute this plan extremely successfully.For you, here's the blood, sweat & tears decision:It doesn't sound like you are in a position to buy your next personal residence?

You can't squeeze blood from an old stone, just by gutting it and putting in new cabinets and marble counters if your Sale Price is going to be the same as the New Town Homes in the same area. 

I learned through blood, sweat, and tears (as well as making a few mistakes along the way). 

That way if the market starts retracting they can rent one out or have a fail safe to get out and sell cheap.You do not want a lot of debt on overpriced assets as the the market cycle heads down as many cannot hang on.There was a blood bath last time.Whatever I do I am staying quick and nimble.

When you leave, all the blood, sweat, and tears stay with the company.

You can't get blood from a stone but at the same time you never know when they might turn things around and try an buy a house in which case you could collect.I would be glad to discuss in greater detail if you have more questions that you don't want to post here.

Even if it's not illegal, it may create bad blood when the tenants inevitably talk and realize they're paying different rent.

Gold doesn't pay rent ... it just sits there and looks pretty, but if you use Goldmoney they charge you a fee and you don't even get to see it look pretty :) If you want gold to pay you, you could buy shares of GLD and write deep OTM covered calls off of it to collect option premium ... in a panic, the price skyrockets, your shares get called away, and you have cash in hand to rock and roll and invest while there's blood in the streets.

Love flipping and it's part of my blood but I am very interested in moving into multi family and possibly other commercial properties.