And I believe their model enables most agents to have the benefits of owning their own brokerage without the risk or loss of their real estate sales business they’ve built over time. 

Your owners/landlord/dwelling fire policy should cover loss of rent that you can recover 

Would be interesting to hear from  a larger downtown apt mgr /owner to speak on their collection loss slow/no pay rate. 

I would only do that if you have a large amount of reserves, enough to cover this property for a few years and take the hit of any loss income (e.g. job) since the Fed is intent on creating a recession soon.Whether you intend to hold this property for a few years or forever, I wouldn't get the 20-year note.  

However it would be relatively easy for me to show a loss or breaking even on the property.  

What is the way to do this so it's 100% safe to support weight?

Whereas if they have renters insurance, their insurance will relocated them, pay a per diem for food and cover any loss of personal items as a result of the damages incurred due to mold, pipe bursting etc.

I am at a loss on this one.

You can view/download the spreadsheet here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eWquKpM8cd...Here are my Assumptions:Market; West Coast (say San Fran )Cap rate at purchase: 5% NOI: 200,000 Purchase price: $4 mill LTV: 65% Down: $1.4 mil Finance: 2.6 million Terms: 5% for 5 year term 25 year amort NOI Increase 3%/yearNOI end of year 5: 225,101.76Net cash flow years 1-5: 149,867.16Principal Reduction years 1-5: 296,915.00Debt Principal end of year 5: 2,303,085.00Cap rate at end of year 5: 8%'Renewal terms: 8% for 5 year term 25 year amort Exit strategy 1: sell in 5 years Exit Strategy 2: hold for 10 years with refi in 5 years Based on above assumptions here is what I see:Exit Strategy 1 End of Year 5 sell building for 2,813,772.03 Less O/S Debt of 2,303,085.00 Net Profit 510,687.03 Plus 5 Year Cash Flow of ` 149,867 *Principle Reduction (Included) 0 Total Net Proceeds 660,554.19 Less Down Payment 1,400,000.00 Net Loss:  (739,445.81) * Note-Principal reduction is already included in the reduced O/S debt amountExit Strategy 2 End of Year 10 sell building for 3,261,932.96 Less O/S Debt of 2,125,147.00 Net Profit 1,136,785.96 Plus 10 Year Cash Flow of 314,281.00 *Principle Reduction (Included) 0Total Net Proceeds 1,451,066.82 Less Down Payment 1,400,000.00 Net Gain 51,066.82 * Note-Principal reduction is already included in the reduced O/S debt amountGiven the above scenario, in my view, it does not seem to make any sense to buy now.

However a single member LLC may not protect the owner from creditors.For tax purposes an LLC can file as an S Corp (file S election w/IRS first)No upper limits on the number of LLC members, S Corps up to 100No restrictions on LLC ownership interests (flexible), an S Corp can have only 1 class of stock but can have differences in voting rightsSpecial allocations in income, gain, or loss in an LLC is permitted but not in an S Corp they allow pro rata allocations because of the stockIn regards to distribution and contribution of property (not cash) an LLC may have tax advantages over the S Corp.