This is the first post I think I've made this year and only because I've got a little down time with nothing else to do.  

In some cases it does sound that the consumer would place some risk in the sense that the assets are not income producing from day one as you may be able to get from a Turnkey operator, so there may be a little downtime on money as you go through construction and place them with property management companies, unless you centralize your management company, not sure how that would work in regards to regulation.

I try to do a deal a month but have a fair amount of down time available.

You Assuming no vacancies/downtime would recover your down payment back in just over 4 years.

I would love to have her read some of the books I have read or watch the videos but it isn't her passion like it is mine and her time is also very limited with her career and she understandable wants to enjoy her down time and not be consumed with more "work" in her mind.

In your shoes, nice I confirm I am legal, I would have the buyers agree in writing to go month to month with the 9% increase and must provide 45 days notice of intent of tenants to end lease giving you enough time to find a new tenant without much downtime if any at all.

If I break it all down time wise, it eats up his deposit and then some. 

Once you get up to 100% return, where this redevelopment project sits, you're talking about setbacks, overages, down time, and various frustrations.

A knowledgeable landlord can often find and/or negotiate a better month to month price for unlimited broadband internet service, while saving each new tenant the cost, hassle and interim downtime of acquiring new service.

Luckily, the deal was cash, so we were not paying mortgage expenses or interest during the added downtime.