Or is that actual so you have the ability to add more to the bottom line? 

A clean, neutral-looking curb gives prospective homebuyers a chance to visualize their own additions/upgrades.

That is lower than market and puts you in a cashflow-neutral situation, but it is unlikely your residents can afford that.

Something light and neutral. 

You're learning about the eviction process, tenant screening (never "word of mouth" again), the power of a lease WHEN not IF a neutral third party needs to be involved, tenant/landlord laws, and managing tenants who don't care about your business the way you do. 

It's in great school districts, so I just listed those in the ad in a neutral, factual manner, which I believe won't violate fair housing laws as long as I avoid implying a preference. 

That sounds like a lot of work and I'm sure he would prefer to avoid that work and just sell it for $1.9m or $2.0m.if I were to buy it from him, to get to cash flow neutral I would need to increase rent on all 6 units to market rates and my monthly payment would need to be close to $6.2k/month, which would be $100k down payment, $1.7m loan with seller financing at 2% interest rate and flexible ballon payment.What would you do if you were me? 

People get stuck on "this is my bottom dollar rent" and shoot themselves in the foot refusing to make adjustments. 

I assume you got a better interest rate, and I know you are saving a boatload of interest. 3) imagine year 11-30 where you are cash flowing thousands with paid off properties instead of hundreds because of these lean 10 years. 4) hopefully you can raise rents at least $100 each every year and in 2 years your cash flow neutral even with preferred short term mortgage. 

Say you grabbed position in Tesla for x-mas because, well, it's Tesla and all looked awesome at $250 about to ride to the moon..... until..... come march and your falling like a stone from $180 wondering where the bottom is.....