I just heard about a house I did work on a while ago that was burned to the ground because the people there were welding in the garage..I agree that there is the potential for your tenant to be doing it safely; however, if I had heard my tenant was welding in the basement, safely or not, I would have a problem with it and (diplomatically) try to shut it down.

Enough to buy a brand new top of the line pickup truck, paid for in cash, and a fat bank account so he could return to his home town where he had family. 

Seems to me, that would burn them out.

Also, you only get 4 or so loans until you can demonstrate you are a capable owner, so if you burn them up with small properties, you reduce your leveraging capacity.  

Hey jerry Padilla do you do loans in CA for a residential house zoned commercial, burn down letter available

Those with fat wallets have places in both locations.Then various other NYC and surrounding locations and various other SF/South Bay locations. 

I've seen people get burned being too aggressive.

Got burned on cash flow with a property in Newberg because utilities doubled in 5 years.

Look at all the fat cat bankers that put together all those subprime loans.

(Nice work on the '@' tagging) I downloaded most of the podcasts yesterday since I've burned myself out other audio content I've found to listen to while working.