The thought of 50 doors on one deal sems alot more enticing to me than 50 separate closings at least if cashflow is the short term goal.I would be interested in seeing more in depth the lease option paper trail.

Brandon,There are many good books specifically on marketing to seniors that will give more in depth advice.

Hey Josh, to answer your question in more depth, you are allowed to depreciate your building (not the land) over a 27.5 year period.

If you happen to have a link hand I would love to study it a little more in depth to understand why they operate Deed's of Trust this way. 

Or at least that is the minimum I do for my buyers and a listing appointment is more in depth to properly price the property for market.   

abcs of real estate is a great book, it is an all around real estate book but really gets in depth with multi family properties.

You can see one of my recent posts for a more in depth description of how to do it.

I go into it in depth here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/730924-psa-listsourcecom-may-be-missing-leads-if-you-sort-by-date

I have noticed properties that talk about cap rate so I have looked into it a little bit but never real in-depth, so I figured I would ask.

In a downturn, you will likely to rebound faster than Gainesville(But keep in mind I have no in depth market of Gainesville- there could be a large company coming there and that would change everything)