One of the most important aspects but its always a time consuming aspect that most put off and miss out....

The investor will start with a large negative position that will consume the initial cash flow.  

I've gone broad because I want to learn about things outside of multifamily and I have experience as a consumer in strip malls and storage.

I'm consuming his content as fast as I can.

As far as cost goes, again, a lot of people fail because they think like a consumer.

Consumers were left reeling from plummeting home values and credit markets tightened.

Expensive and time consuming to maintain and almost no benefit. 

Remember, many of the new rules, particularly Dodd Frank Act, is the banks influencing politicians to pass such stupid laws with the claim that it is consumer protection when in reality, it is the banks protecting their own interests.

I've been a BP content consumer for probably 4 years but never joined the forum club. 

(For context, we are in the luxury market and the guests are very demanding - they want lots of communication, concierge etc.. and maintenance, lawn care, gardening etc is time consuming.. so there’s a big job beyond just brokering and managing managing funds)