Commonly seen in the car parks of shopping centers.

My error.  

Then I got lucky to marry someone like minded (and I recall the Millionaire Next Door (great book) also found that having a good "defense" or saving money was a key, common theme of the high net worth accumulators of wealth in the US)...Back to the question, I saved some money, but then I did not just bury it in the back yard (where you actually lose money due to inflation, or even put it in a savings account which also loses money relative to inflation), but I read Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, John Bogle and put what little I saved (and we saved post marriage) into quality stocks and index funds...

Your note will usually be a balloon 5-, 7-, and 10-year terms are fairly common.  30-year amortization isn't as common.  

If the LC has not been recorded (common) in most places you don't have to foreclose if they don't make payments, but can just evict, a much quicker procedure.

This is the ideal, safe place to make some calculation errors.

Roofs are a common issue in Texas.  

It is a common practice to use orders to break leases.

We had a tenant blow us into the USPS because a couple of tenants were using a common mailbox at a rural multi. 

But above comment is probably right about tragedy of the commons effect on "everyone's laundry area" which can be a cleaning and utility cost issue and even vagrant or misuse issues..