Then valuation, licensing, compliance, documentation, escrow and marketing and sales.I predict a slew of new lawsuits files in about 1-3 years as property owners who've been involved in poorly constructed and non-compliant loans will start filing as the political climate changes. 

Here is the link to it.http://www.law.alaska.gov/department/civil/consume...I am no lawyer, but the way that article 8 is commonly interpreted in the industry is that if as a condition of a loan you need to move in to the home, you are able to issue a "notice to vacate" to any of the units, regardless of the rental agreement you are inheriting with the purchase. 

Student loans prior to drop out, medical caused by the illness, consumer cause by the job loss, or a mix of two or three of those (if a mix, a percent breakdown would be helpful).Are they just unpaid/delinquent accounts, or was bankruptcy declared?

It is just so time consuming.  

Rather than just closing a modest bunch of good deals a year, the average investor will take a shot at fair deals that consume their time.

Water/ sewer/ garbage is about the same cost for a 500 square foot unit as it is for a 3,500 square foot house, so utilities become a bigger percentage of total rent and costs with smaller units.Collecting rent is time consuming.

If it's a real bargain, by the time you see it on the consumer internet sites it will be gone.

I took some time off from from BP because I was working for an investor that consumed all hours even my sleep haha.

These websites we're discussing here - HomeAway, Airbnb, VRBO - are exactly the same thing, with the minor exception that they have introduced a limited, consumer-level hospitality PMS (property management system).

The average consumer that purchases a car about every 3-5 years or a good car salesperson the sells about 5-10 in a month?