We are wanting to scale and struggling with how to eat the elephant here ; )

(BTW, I have a hypothesis that because it smells so bad and is full of VOCs, original formula MH Ready Patch is repellent to boring and wood-eating insects, but that's just my wild guess).

I like the idea of parking the capital, eating the expenses, and selling for massive payouts, but I am concerned about those problems.

And there is damn good reason for it, the operational impact and expenses will eat you ALIVE! 

They'd get so mad, that it made me think there was a strategy to get us to eat the costs.

Many of the issues that eat away at cash flow come from not having reliable boots on the ground.

And 2) It is like saying...Everyone eats food, so food has huge competition, so it is better to start eating rocks!

If you are only making $600 a year - you can easily call that negative cash flow - because the first repair you have to make will probably eat that amount up.I would encourage you to compare whatever deal you are looking at to alternative uses of your money as to investments.  

Removes the question of "where should be eat/go".   

If you go into a deal without having the financial means it will eat you up and spit you out before you know it.