The idea of branding is great I think and allows guests to collectively remember your properties. 

I do know that the rent collected from my buddy and the tenant in the midterm rental will come close to, if not break even, with my mortgage, taxes, and insurance.

You can collect rent, do your banking (unlimited virtual accounts), and do your accounting.

My strategy as an investor has changed over the years, today I look at real estate more like a collection of properties and less through the cash flow lens.

Unless an investor uses a non-recourse loan the liability remains with the owner personally vs in the DST and invested into other large stock exchange companies which have the liability.6) Convert an illiquid asset, like a business, primary home, art, collectibles or commercial real estate, into a diversified portfolio of liquid investments.

A “contract to hold” binder payment equal to a month’s rent would also be collected at that time.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

It will cost the seller more time and energy to sue you than collect on the EMD.  

Curtains collect too much dust and you already have blinds.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.