I'll set up event if those work for you an see if we can get some other bodies there.

There are so many reasons, but here are some of the highlights:  (1) they are valued on the sales comp. approach; (2) they are hard to finance because they are valued on the sales comp. approach (comps are hard to find); (3) it's much harder to find deals on them (more sophisticated owners with inflated senses of value); (4) they tend to be clumped together as opposed to interspersed in SFRs, the result is that other landlords actions have a much more significant impact on the operation of your property; (5) you don't achieve any economies of scale (they're too small); (6) they are more management intensive (anytime people share walls, there's always going to be drama); (7) they tend to be illiquid (see point 2); (8) they have more turnover than SFRs; (9) unless you're getting good deal on one, they don't cash flow that well; (10) a lot of them have owner paid water.  

These credit sites are just like the fancy bathroom scales that tell you body fat %...

Act and other Gov Regs (I call it Govt Crap).Here is one, a letter from the NAR, "Impact of Loan Originator Final Rule"

Does anyone know how new regulations on lending are going to impact Hard Money Loans?

Great responses every body!

How does it impact the ability of an investor to get hard money loans or private loans for investment purposes?

Big impact for relatively low cost.

So, taking a loan doesn't generally impact an investment strategy, such as if I were investing in stocks.I will usually do the annual loan to get me over a cash flow crunch when I have the opportunity to do more deals than I have cash for.

Is the new convention center having an impact on commercial real estate?