She also has a huge list of demands that she wants fixed before she moves in such as her own trash can (the duplex has a shared trash and recycling can which she knew about), a different mail box, etc, and she wants a guarantee that they will be done.  

Recycling that water and re-using it for completions is becoming more common, but that doesn't work for all operators.

Ok, I just feel like a recycled teenager.

It was a VERY rough neighborhood when we originally purchased, but now most of the homeless are gone, they knocked down the abandoned warehouse they were living in, and some of the recycling centers are closing up and leaving.

We just started as landlords and got the tenants a little welcome basket that includes your basic information about utilities, water shut offs, and recycling rules, etc.

If you want more appreciation (but less cash flow), less headaches, and/or it is further away, go with the 2 houses.Also depends on where the market is in the RE cycle.

It is quite possible that a temporary, prefabricated home made out of recycled sea-containers might be valued differently than a traditional mobile home but I am not sure of that.

They like to recycle the money they have and roll it into the next project which is probably where the lines between the two strategies get co-mingled. 

They'll bring a crew of folks out -- the bulk of the people are in worker training programs and, I presume, are paid by tax dollars -- who will take your house apart piece-by-piece and salvage as much of it as possible (recycle or sell in their store).

That’s half right too - I am greedy in the sense of Leverage - Why use my riches when I can keep recycling it to strengthen my business as it is today.