I have seen some where you can’t have any unrelated individuals rent, can only rent out once a year, can’t have Commercial vehicles, limit the number of rentals or they only give out so many “rental certificates “, high app fees for them to approve, the list goes on and on.... perform your due diligence 

FHA will not insure a Mortgage if it is determined that the transaction was designed to use FHA mortgage insurance as a vehicle for obtaining Investment Properties, even if the Property to be insured will be the only one owned using FHA mortgage insurance.”What are the exceptions for the “single property” rule?

On top of that there is a large overhead of tools, insurance, phones, computers, employee benefits, vehicles, tools, office space etc...On the other hand we have someone who is simply purchasing a property & paying above company to operate it for them.

., a vehicle) he can sell?  

(Cash, Securities, Artworks, Furs, Sports Equipment, Vehicles, etc.)

However I view those as short term vehicles to raise funds for REI.

@Christy Miller, as for her 2017 bmw haven't you ever test driven a vehicle?

I actually refinanced my vehicle and pulled cash out and got a 0% interest credit card to fund my rehab of the rented unit. :). 

Purchased a foreclosure property that has an abandoned vehicle left in the driveway. 

Just trying to dig through the nuances of tax lien purchases as a potential future investment vehicle.