Much of the "growth" reported by retailers has resulted from poaching existing store sales: The American Model of "Growth": Overbuilding and Poaching (November 19, 2013).Once the wheels fall off this model of "growth," chains will enter a cycle of closing marginal stores to boost profits.

Depends on your business model, but the comments above are on point.

The thought of always outsourcing the debt to my tenants is possible but potentially, has no end in sight if I keep following the finance/buy model.

This way, if we discover similar problems,  at least we can negotiate a discount for 8 units, rather than pay for each unit as they come along.By the way,  these AC are Byant model: FA4CNF036Thank you for your valuable opinion and advise in advance.

Working foreclosures is a great business model.

Has anyone every bought a model home and rented it back to the developer for 1-3 years while developer finished the development project?  

It depends on your business model, how much you value time, and your lifestyle.

All I could think was "Oh yay, Huffington Post will soon be featuring me as a model of inequality, then they will complain I plan to proffit from the investment"I much prefer tenant conversations to go more like." how is your rent 20 bucks cheaper than mine" "well I have been here 5+ years" explaining 200 bucks is hard.

That's not a sustainable strategy or a business model because you'll be out of the real estate game real quick - once you're out of cash.

You lost your rights with the Patriot Act.I prefer the Swiss model: Every household is armed.