When a investor must park cash to "create" cash flow they have purchased a property that has, and always will have, negative cash flow.

If there is a market downturn in the short term, whoever buys there will be in negative equity.But in the long term (10 years from now), they will be worth more.In summary, Waterfront area in Weehawken is a speculative market, it is not for investment in my opinion.You can make huge return in the future or find yourself in hot water and not being able to sell when comes the decision to do so.But again it is a great to place to live in.Hope it helps.

Those go for 4 to 5 caps and usually foreign buyers purchase all cash as they want to get money out of their country and only get there maybe 1 to 2 percent to a negative return.If you are buying a Mcdonald's then it is not a vacant building.You would have to tell me your situation to expand further.

Do you think being an RE agent has benefits or negatives?

A common mistake most first time househackers make is assuming a deal is bad just because the cashflow is negative... you're still building equity into an appreciating asset, that your tenants are helping you pay for :) 

For example i am in the DC area and bought properties that had little to no cash flow or even negative cash flow five years ago and now they cash flow and have appreciated - so double bonus. 

Sometimes you've to block negative things out I suppose;  thanks again.

Anyone who is holding houses that are negative cashflowing but being supported by other cashflow streams would be wise to get rid of those while the market is still high. 

Any vacancy, maintenance, and management (your time is worth money) leads to negative cash flow.

Open to US/Canadian marketsNot to be negative, but that's not going to happen.