With a diverse background that spans over 14 years in business ownership, sales, marketing, media, and business development, I'm eager to bring my skills and experience into the BiggerPockets community.Before diving into real estate, I spent 16 years in IT with the federal government, and I'm also a proud Air Force wartime veteran.

The government and IRS got wise to landlords taking these direct payments and not reporting them.

As the recession (real world tactically defined not academia/government strategically defined) continues we will see a larger uptick in the direct bookings.

My recommendation is for your client to figure out where they want to be, then talk with the local government about what options are available.Good luck!

Along with connecting with governing body to confirm zoning and preliminary site plan. 

It's all government money backing the loans anyway. 

You'll have a contract with the government with a generic lease. 

For our clients, we separate repairs into catergories: 1) Health & Saftey - highest priority to avoid lawsuits2) Property Preservation - don't want a $500 water leak repair to become a $5k repair later3) Government Required - for city & S8 inspections4) Marketing Negative Impact - who wants to rent a "purple" house?

The governments will prop it up for maybe as much as a decade but unless there is significant technological change it will be DOA.

Does anyone have any experience with receiving any grant funding, whether be it government or private sector?