Their plan is to raise rents (on the poor remaining souls, improve infrastructure and exert some sweat equity. 

I've done a fair amount of research, reading books/listening to podcasts to the point where I feel I could take an active approach, but I am currently in the military so I don't want to over-exert myself starting out.

The host can exert too much time to collect or they can choose to not collect and pay the expense.  

Wind is an exerted force in many more ways than just the direct most think of.

In addition, exerting time and effort on properties that are not for sale is not worth it to me. 

And they will exert that power to realign incentives and weed out Free Spinners. 

At the end of the day, ask yourself why these GP's are exerting additional effort in pursuit of the smaller check sizes instead of obtaining the larger checks.

None of your investors can singlehandedly exert any control on the asset they've invested in.

.: I exert a certain amount of effort to keep a high leverage to maximize return (both ROI and ROE).  

Then of course there's the IRS this is a exert directly from the site: Federal law requires U.S. citizens and resident aliens to report any worldwide income, including income from foreign trusts and foreign bank and securities accounts.