This appeals to older tenants who then will not want to move again.

Of course, I am a new investor and this is appealing to me but it sounds too good to be true.

Being international, passive investments with little to no required active management or sweat equity should be extremely appealing.

This is all about appealing to emotions and helping people with their problems. 

Very appealing to buyers because they can get in with low down $.All of this assumes there is good demand to rent the place for an attractive rent.

I agree with Andrew, sometimes Airbnb may seem more appealing but the packed months are typically the winter and Holiday months, starting from Nov-March.  

Those with sufficient cash flow in properties and locations that appeal to the masses survive when the market tanks. 

I wouldn't recommend hard money for a first time flipper (just personal opinion) even though the speed and ease of the transaction may be appealing, too many things can go wrong on your first 1-3 flips that you really haven't encountered yet that could slow your liquidity event and cause defaults or costly extensions.

Not very appealing. 

Seems like the car business appealed to you only because you saw a quick way to make money.