I think the real substance of Tom's post is that a rule of thumb or some "mythical math" as he calls it is not a true deep dive analysis of a property.

I think I drifted a little off course and read a few over-inflated strategies from some of the Guru's out there publishing books with no substance.

Maybe talk to local law enforcement to see if it's a feasible option to have a drug dog show up on the premises to identify that illegal substances are there.  

Just a bunch of bandwagon opinion devoid of fact or substance. 

I feel that substance would prevail over form in an instance like this. 

For anyone reading this, is interested in the subject matter, I will repost the substance of my questions in a different format and provide a link below.

And, if the the TK provider is of any size and substance, there are some economies of scale that will make that gap of what you might save much smaller.

A short list:* Debt/leverage* Cost/expense* Lineal Path/Compounding* Cash/Cash-like-substance* Useful equity/useless equity* Strategies:  Entrance/Exit* Seed Money/ProfitPart 3 is developing systems to apply creative funding to...the key is the word "system", that follows the Golden Rules without wavering.

We're talking guys with ankle bracelets and monitors courtesy of the county lockup, complete incompetents, habitual substance abusers.It's sweet that you guys think that I could swing this repair in late October with three good handymen in my Rolodex.

Investing in a syndication is closer in substance and spirit to investing in a small public REIT than investing directly in SFR's.