Now when hedge funds and big investors are buying and building homes to speculate and rent out the housing crisis is only going to get worse.

It all depends on the economics. 

@Shawn MelisThere a few places to connect with actual investors looking to make deals, I'll be speaking at the Think Realty Expo in March and I'll be back in April to speak at the economic development conference.

If you are even reasonably savvy with technology and you start with a good property to begin with, assuming you're in any kind of reasonably healthy economic area, managing is a serious low-hour endeavor.

If it doesn't make economic sense, then decide how much you need to tell the tenant. $20 per month isn't much, so you can be straight forward about it and say that you build it into the rent. 

-Create specific investment parameters and underwriting criteria- Do you know that everyone in the partnership is able to withstand personal economic downturns or will they need to pull their money out should they or a spouse lose their job? 

Is it a lower socio-economic area?

Any tips to make the economics better or things I should be aware of?

In most states, an individual having a mental health crisis can be involuntarily committed to a hospital for treatment.

Great macro economic info here Jeff.