But you would almost eliminate your housing costs.

Short of waving a wand to either create 3 million units from thin air, or eliminate 12-odd-million people over-night, there is no "release" of this pressure. 

You need to first eliminate debts then make money from this money.

It is possible your buildings sit above the flood level and could be removed off the FEMA Flood Map.So @Josh Green @Jason Bott @John Mocker @Frank Zhang use an engineering firm (like National Flood Experts) simultaneously to see if the flood zone designation on those buildings can be removed, which will eliminate any lender mandates forcing you to purchase flood insurance, and enjoy those savings (of not purchasing flood) which is a ton of NOI the current owner doesn't even know exists.

We pay the leasing agent a one-time leasing fee once the tenant is placed, and it eliminates the ~10% monthly property management fee.

This will enable to you bypass the custodian when acquiring investments and for all transactions thereafter, will eliminate the transactions and asset-based fees and provide you with checkbook control over your IRA. 

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

This practice cuts down & or eliminates most, if not all confusion & or miscommunications that can occur between the tenants & landlord in regards to the exact condition the tenant can expect the property to be in on move in day.

This will eliminate most of the lower end properties and neighborhoods.I hope that helps.

I recommend signing leases in person though, as tenants are more likely to ask you questions that will help eliminate issues in the future.