And for that reason, (for me at least) it's easier to buy into a larger MF vs a 2-4 unit MF. 

And the bottom two help me at home .

For me at my price point I'd have to go in the middle of nowhere central valley that while I'm sure some people have made money from it's not nearly as well documented or discussed as basically any other metro.Check out this list, a lot of CA areas are pretty high up on the list... and some of the cheaper metros towards the bottom are very well documented. https://smartasset.com/mortgage/price-to-rent-ratio-in-us-cities

All in cost w/ land/loan/hard and soft costs come in at $145-170 a foot for your standard meat and potatoes apartments.  

Stock prices verse stocks not including the s&p, or rising food prices except fruits, vegetables, meat and grains.

I just took existing leases and honored them till they expire.Attorney/title agency took care of the deposits which were paid to me at closing.

My realtor (who I've likely purchased 75 homes through) meets me at a showing.

If anyone needs to be evicted, how is this strategy going to put me at a bad spot?

Stop being so judgmental just because you don't like a certain industry or person associated with it.And full disclosure: yes, I am familiar and was associated with WWDB and no I have not taken the initiative to do anything with that, as like others, I determined it wasn't something for me at the time. 

They have not helped me at all to try and fix this, although they earned commission as the selling agent.