And what do you plan to do with that equity since you can't eat it or spend it? 

This is going to eat into my finances!

He’s eating carpenter bee larva.

Perhaps it is more of a common-sense practice where magistrate judges don't want to grant a dispossessory if it appears that a landlord is trying to have his cake and eat it too by accepting payments and evicting at the same time.Not accepting partial payments was easy to do in the days when tenants were mailing checks, because I could simply not cash a check.

It can be a great tool to use, but it will also dramatically eat into your profits.

However, if you were getting the returns you want, it wouldn't matter if the GP is eating lobsters or fast food.

I dont care if he eats garbage...

The current rent covers the mortgage/interest/taxes/insurance but we come out of pocket the HOA fee (it is a townhome) we eat about $350 a month but we are currently clipping about $1000 of principle a month. 

You may have to eat some of the rehab for a little bit as you get more properties it’s easy to pay back really quick.

Let the banks eat the inflation.