I would even be happy with a slight negative cash flow (paying out only 200 a month, for instance, instead of rent, or a full monthly mortgage payment.)

For instance, I lived in a country that had a flat tax on income that I earned living there.  

Any one who will dance because of the famous will carrot deserves what they get.I have been involved in 4 of these situations and in three of them the other parties caved in quickly when they finally realized what was likely to happen.

For instance you can pick a few specific cities and stick to them and try doing as many deals there.

For instance, who is involved?

Any money injected into the property can not be recovered from the property.So for instance, say we take an investment property needing repairs of $24k.  

Some banks will not do a mortgage for a property below a certain amount.For instance, my bank requires 25% down on all non-owner occupied homes with a $30,000 minimum loan amount.  

For instance on my properties that are all the same square foot, I have the 90% occupancy and 10% square footage.  

For instance, you can't charge those with a voucher a higher rate than others in your complex, you have to give the usual legal notice for your area, you can't do it mid lease unless there's provisions allowing you to do so, etc.

If they did pull a permit and used a survey and still ended up putting this in the wrong place, then either the surveyor or the village might be culpable in that instance too.Something isn't adding up though in terms of how an attached garage is built on the neighbors property.......