If that happens, gentrified areas of Chicago and the business districts will be asked to pay additional taxes to make up the loss of revenue. 

If you only have one house hack as your sole investment property, it’s unlikely going to be that useful anyways as your passive losses won’t exceed 25k.

Absolute worst case scenario for the investor is that if the Short Term Model does not provide the returns desired and they want out, we can just sell the containers ( or the investor can be bought out) at no loss of investment. 

Rochester has a steady loss of population and jobs.  

My opinion is if you are still underwater in 2018 then you need to either be prepared to be under for many years to come potentially or cut your losses.

I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on the cost of insurance (hazard & fire, liability, sewer backup, loss of income, umbrella, etc.) that a landlord would pay for a rental property in Utah (Utah Valley to be specific).

It pencils to about 9% COC, before the paper losses, and obviously, he needs to store cash. 

Don't count on appreciation in the next few years to cover your month to month losses.

The alternative is a 17k loss.

That's almost a 13% average annual loss!