The most successful folks I have known started with seemingly crazy ideas and risked it all to make them come true all the while nay sayers in bleachers were tossing flour and eggs.

With condos, make sure the condo fees are reasonable (they will eat into your cash flow), the condo is well run, financials are good and rentals are allowed.Don't overpay. 

I quickly grabbed some lunch that was being offered and told the guy we need to eat first as we havent eaten all day.

Need your boots on the ground.  9 locations can't be eating up 4,740 units. 

Just eat this?

True, Americans are venturing out to eat more often, salons are accepting clients again (albeit outside), and movie theaters have started to reopen, but it’s just not enough.

You can't very well eat gold.

If you can keep this up, and have clean bookkeeping (not booking major expenses that would eat up your cashflow), you should be able to keep securing lending. 

I partnered with another local all cash on this one, with a solid return. when a project runs long its ok when you are all cash as you lose some future use of the funds but theres not a 10% interest monster eating 1/2 the profit either.beforehttps://my.matterport.com/show/?

How are you going to eat with no income though?