I know it will be a step down whatever I do, and thats fine.

That is fine with me.

Would it be practical to take time dated pictures of the houses' condition so that if a scumbag did damage your property and say it unlivable or poke holes in the ceiling, that you could simply show as evidence that everything was fine when they moved in?

That is fine so why not make your novel your second post, what do you say diggidy?

Remember if you put down %10 , and that property over a 30 year average , goes up just 2%, and we all know real estate over the next 30 years will average more than 2% , but for argument sake , lets say 2%.That means your original investment is going up %20 a year, I can't do that in the stock market for the next 30 years. yes I know some of the properties first few years will not positive cash flow, but that is to me is fine.

If you have to have a mortgage on your personal residence that fine but don’t go and pull out everything to buy another property..

If you take it one step at a time, you will do fine.

In a criminal case a person who violates Section 8 may be fined up to $10,000 and imprisoned up to one year.

I may start a job, get thru a huge chunk because you said you wanted to pay me in draws, now you may pay me a draw or two, and all things may be fine, then when we get to the end of the project you may say "Oh jeez Im sorry I dont have enough money to pay you !"

When I called the next bank and just wanted a business loan, I'm fine.