If good times don't return, the new equity holders go down with the ship. 

Typically  issues are raised when the exterior is not kept up with / parking on grass / garbage in neighborhoods where everyone takes pretty good care of their homes.If you keep it clean and run a tight ship, you should be okay most of the time.

Do they offer any discount on shipping costs? 

However, an argument can be made that you’re making provisions to discourage someone from jumping ship and still getting an undeserved income so from that standpoint, you might be discouraging a break up.As investors there could be potential targets on some love struck individual that has higher net worth from a gold digging opportunist partner.What are your thoughts? 

There’s just something about owning a duplex or triplex that makes the numbers more forgiving...you’ve got multiple units covering your expenses, and if one tenant’s late on rent, at least the others might keep the ship afloat.A friend of mine once worked with a client who snagged a triplex down in Austin and ended up treating me to breakfast tacos after those first rent checks cleared.

But before this purchase I informed well, and I found a lot of useful information here: https://www.a1autotransport.com/auto-transport-financing/ related to shipping, how the whole process is going, etc.

Cash flowing at 5% down was possible about 3 years ago—but that ship may have since sailed.Now, you’re left with two options: you can either pony up more cash per deal, or you can potentially look out of state for markets with more favorable rent-to-price ratios.Or…you can wait for rates to decline, but I don’t know how much a 100 or 150 basis point rate cut in the next year will really move the needle.That said, some firms (usually new construction companies, turnkey providers, etc.) will enter into forward commitments with lenders at institutional rates and then pass cost interest rate savings onto end buyers to entice them to purchase a property.

that ship sailed after he probably got hundreds of demand letters.. would not be fun to be him and his wife right now.. but the fact that they are still selling just shows in my mind and personal opinion that they are pretty delusional and think themselves a victim. 

If you list the company we could probably provide a lot more insight. details are important when the ship is sinking (or has already sunk but you didnt realize it). 

Note: Those locks will get shipped here on a Cargo or Conex container.Shipping Containers are virtually all made in China.