The cost/benefit isn't worth it and I feel like it is unethical in most cases.

I am not really sure how you would benefit from organizing your holdings to do such either.Let's see, you will get your housing allowance whether you "rent from yourself" or not.

I’m all for appreciation but I view that as an added benefit with cash flow being number one.

What is the benefit of having multiple bids at the same rate?

While the occupant will have reduced expenses like trash, water, etc, the landlod does not see the benefits.

Knowing Josh as well as I do and some of the speakers, there are a number of benefits that I would expect investors to take away from this experience.Education that Goes Beyond the BasicsMany of us understand various aspects of real estate investing, but it doesn't take long to discover that there is more to real estate investing than flipping, rentals and wholesaling.

I'm finally seeing the tax benefits of owning rental property.

Thanks everyone.Carole yes there is limits.The problem is catching all the people there at once for a violation.If the code enforcement walks in and doesn't actually see all the people then there is nothing they can do.Had this happen in another county where there were a bunch of people occupying a house next to my property.The inspector only worked 9 to 5 Monday through Friday.Many of the people worked and were gone when the inspector could come by.Thus they could never do anything about the situation.This is why I think as a deterrent if we charged 50 bucks a head there would be no benefit for them bringing in all these people because the landlord would get the money.

I'd rather be in position to benefit from any sort of change in a particular market.

You can read it here, if you like: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6874079/psychic-benefits-nba-lockoutThe point is basically that NBA teams are typically awful businesses, yet shrewd, wealthy business people buy them, so there has to be some type of intrinsic value or non-financial utility that owning an NBA team provides to the owners, otherwise all owners would sell and the league would eventually shut down.