That would negate redemption rights if so.

Your scenarios should be based on the confidence of your projections (in statistics, it is based on the # of standard deviations from the norm based on the type of distribution for your data).

I heard a Biggerpockets podcast where this seasoned real estate investor shared some negation tactics and he said if you want to know if your negotiation skills are good, go to a bar and convince someone to buy you a beer...

I'm sure I'll get some negative comments from folks about this, but negotiating is a game and you have to treat it that way. 

So far, my expenses include the following:- Property Taxes: 1.25% of purchase price- Rental Insurance: 0.5% of purchase price- Management Fees: 10% of gross rent- Vacancy Rate: 10% of gross rent- Repairs & Capex: 10% of gross rent- Utilities: (garbage, sewer, water): 10% of gross rent- Mortgage: 30 year with 20% down paymentWith these assumption, I get negative cash flow in my area.  

What I though was initially a negative turned out to be a positive.Let's here your stories of when you thought of something as being a negative and it actually turned into a positive.

The one negative with the house that I can control is the size of the bathroom and there are only 2 bedrooms.

OTOH, if they're building undesirable apartment buildings, or something that's going to create a lot of traffic and congestion it may have a negative effect.You should look into 1031 exchanges.  

We would live there for maybe 5 years and continue to repeat the process.Has anyone used this strategy and have any experiences (positive or negative) they can share?

We don't want to have to produce funds up front, hence negating the advantage of the swap.