So, any other expenses aside, just one transaction could cover your expenses (depending on your price point)...Aside from costs, don't forget that brokerages tend to have the new agents "do stuff," e.g. sit the front desk, attend meetings, attend training, actually produce (since brokers make their money from producing agents)...Hope this helps. 

This scenario produces negative cash flow of around $100 per month out of my pocket.SCENARIO 2: 160 acres of grain producing farmland in Saskatchewan.

Luxury househacking a nicer place that happens to have an income-producing rental is still househacking.   

He has a bail of $25,000 but can get out at any time if he can produce $2,500. 

In this case it means going for lower risk investments that produce lower returns.

A DST is simply a separate legal entity created under the laws of Delaware to hold title to one or more income producing commercial properties.

I also have 32 single family rentals and an office building that produce 10-15k/month cash flow (before vacancy/repairs).

Or just rely on them to produce financials?

Or possibly rent out the property as income producing?

But this showed me a real life example of how you can get into a new property and have unexpected expenses that pop up so it best to have a credit line or cash reserves on hand to be able to absorb these cost before the property itself has produced it's own cash reserve..