German Schmear Exterior?

[Lance Middleton]

Hi everyone! I looked around to see if this question has already been posted but couldn't find anything.

I know a lot of people say that painting brick is a bad idea since you have to re-apply paint every ten years or whatever. But what about the German Schmear technique? Is that has maintenance intensive as painting brick or is it a one and done type thing?

And I realize that some people may not like it, but I believe enough people in my market would like it. Maybe I'm wrong. This would be for a personal residence that I will be fixing up while I live there and renting out later. 

TLDR- German Schmear on rental, yay or nay? 

Thanks guys!