By having more tenants there are more eyes to watch for issues that may pop up, more people paying rent, and if you have one of the units vacant for a bit, it will not hurt the bank as bad as it would if you only have two tenants in the building and one of them left.   

The caution, which a few people have mentioned is definitely experience.

@Melissa Rivera - this is why I do not recommend for people to do their own evictions. 

I know there are a lot of people effected by this, and we need to build an alliance to resolve this matter through legal channels.

There might be a total of 40,000 people in a 50 mile radius around the small towns I invest in.

Hi Leslie, there is an international section within the forum with posts from people like me who invest outside of the US in Europe and other continents.

NARPM actually has people at the state capitol as well as in DC fighting for your rights not the tenants rights.

If it were good, so many people wouldnt shy from their experiences. 

Some people bill back the water/sewer (say on an SF when you know the exact amount), some include it in the rent, some charge a fixed amount per month.

There are laws protecting the sober living house from "nimby's" but you might be limited to how many unrelated people can live under one roof.