Seems like there's a natural fit for a flipper and a buy and hold investor to partner and do things like the BRRR strategy - was wondering if anyone has created that sort of partnership and how you structured it?  

Mother nature seems to be helping a little despite our stupidity. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/health/antarctic-ozo...

I'm personally more interested in the number of accounts outstanding, proportion of balance to limit, how often any have been late, and the nature of the accounts than anything else, because the first month the tenant has to choose between car payments for husband, wife, daughter, and mom, and paying the rent, they're going to choose the car payments. 

depend on the nature of the deal.

This smoothes out the inflation a bit nationally, but it also inflates markets like Cleveland more than they would naturally, due to the ease of distance investing now.Many articles in our local business journal recently discussed how lifelong apartment reposition-ers are moving into development due to the completion in the apartment space.

As I worked there long enough the conversations became second nature.

I live in Oakland, so naturally I look around in my backyard.

Ensure that your approach comes natural to you and you will do fine.  

I have traveled there twice but could not comment intelligently on the true nature of the area.

This will vary depending on the value of the time lost, local laws which may favor tenants and hobble landlords and the occupants obsessive nature, access to information (damn internet) and determination.I've been involved in plenty of cases where the landlord lost perspective and it becomes a battle of wills, personality and tenacity...not money.