You might think that all you're doing is making rent more affordable, but you'll likely scare away great potential tenants and attract a lot of unwanted applications.  

If this has been going on for years then you may need to reduce your commitments or workload as you can and will burn out sometime in the future.  

Might search installment contracts on BP, hundreds of posts, they are a different animal.Interesting seeing opinions on seller financed notes and the institutional which will be safer for beginners, the SF side is more profitable and the risks are easier to manage when you buy from the originating note holder.When investors feel better about the market, many may return, especially if they get burned in notes.

Burn out is a real problem

You will get burned in commercial if you don't.

Google street view is fine for seeing the area, but buildings burn, are defaced, torn down, etc. and the Google pictures can be 3-4 years old.

Few investors I know have been burning through a lot of contractors lately.

While I have lost the feelings in my finger tips. had my wrists lock up, ears burned and having claw marks on my ceiling, it's been great and look forward to greater things with all of the members.

Brandon talked to me... it's all crashing and burning from here on out!"  

It will burn you in the end.