If for no other reason the more predictable and lower maintenance costs are a huge benefit.  

In many ways, it is "lower risk".But the not as altruistic side is: most syndicators, even those with $2bn+ portfolios, don't have the track record length to attract institutional capital.  

This likely will result in a lower unit value than if value was derived from comps (especially seeing commercial MF values have fallen in recent times).Good luck

. -- Thus, you can expect to get Class C or D tenants, which have a 15-25% probability of defaulting on their lease payments.2) If your PMC is lowering FICO to 550, what are they doing to improve their screening in other areas?

Just like bonds & stocks, different properties will have higher & lower risks.

Cheap houses in lower class neighborhoods will get you cash flow with a lot of headache.

The importance of lowering expenses and increasing efficiency to maximize property income.

The house I will get is in a lower income area, currently worth $95-100k, and she still owes about $25k on it.

I got into this by accident when i took a job via upwork as a VA  for Vontive and stated at interview  i could lower there costs and stress by automating there lead gen.I automated the lead gen and they didnt need 5 0f the 6 VAs they hired and we cut there costs by nearly 60%.Thats when i realised that you could automate even the cross platform data scraping.Then i got some extra clients from Upwork and now Im on here to help, offer the same and expand to others.going to the recorder office/courtYou only need to go to the physical building if thre is information on the documents that you need but cant view online.

@Paul Lucenti It is common to equate acquiring more properties to scaling and many rely on buying lower tier market/neighborhood section 8 rentals to achieve this goal.