You can not eat candy right before a blood test and expect a favorable result.

I would eat the cost. 

Insurance eats about 45% of our monthly assessment.Florida condo associations are highly regulated compared to most states.  

Now I've also had some amazing guest, from a skateboarding granny who did real estate law for 50 years, a professional computer hacker, and 2 awesome girls who just wanted to hangout drink wine and eat pizza.

That's a lot better than sitting around with 2m in cash trying to find an investment while the payments eat away at your money.

It also eats up a great deal of time.

I have 5 acres, which is not enough to qualify, so now I eat an extra $3,000/year in perpetuity.

I am curious if they are just lacking supply or if students just eat up large chunks of demand. 

Otherwise you have to eat the lost.

You can't go to a restaurant and tell your server that you lost your job and think that you'll get the chance to eat for free.