The bird dog isn't out there marketing the property, the function is that of word of mouth.Check with an attorney to see what they say and you will get a clear definition so you can proceed to bird dogging.

Essentially, they are renting from the business.The rental function of the owners also will affect value as sometimes the rental arrangement is less than prevailing market rent.

Rotate to next table that you are interested in and learn a different strategy of investing.

It's hard for a pro to function off 10% caprates.

It will function, but could potentially be a huge safety issue/hazard.

Now, what debt I decide to pay and what debt I decide to leave is also a function of my income, the interest rates and the magnitude of the monthly payment.

They are not without problems just like any investment.Managing or not managing is a function of time.If you make a few hundred k a year you are not in most cases going to self manage.You would take a pay cut taking time away to do those activities.Instead you build in management fees to your purchase price and modeling.You still watch over the property manager but it is a phone call and watching the reports every few weeks as they come in.You are letting the management do the time consuming work and the heavy lifting.If however you do not have a job and this investment has to produce income for you then many self-manage or they purchased wrong and did not figure in the cost they self manage.This is why many of my clients prefer triple net properties.They already have a lot of money and want little to no headaches and keep pace with inflation.They like the extra 2 to 4% annual yield say with multifamily but when they look into all that is involved they say NO THANKS.

Makes sense I suppose, since this is not supposed to be some kind of immaculate retail home.It's interesting though because when buying a retail home, the liberal inspection contingency functions gives you in effect a kind of "reconsideration window" right?

A couple years ago, I remember it clearly because it was a Sunday and I was at a family function.

You can't really get tied up in attempting to assign a cap rate to a class of property, the cap rate is a function of the use of money, your economic considerations and expected income from the investment.