So, to summarize your long winded whining, Cash Flow is a bad reason/way to invest because:1 - You have chosen a market to invest in, that has poor cash flow2 - Nobody can successfully cash flow because you can't do it in your market of choice.

To summarize, I let the court system do what it is supposed to do.

Just to summarize:- There are different types of poverty and, thus, different types of solutions are needed; - Although not all agree, I do think that there is a significant segment of the poor population that makes bad choices.

If we raised it up to market, they'd leave and we'd have a costly turnover which doesn't fit our situation right now.To summarize, every property needs to be assessed as to whether the rent should be increased and if so, how much.

@Patrick Murrayjust to take another run at this... you got some great and thoughtful feedback from @Joe Hammel and @Travis Biziorekto summarize: on market + already occupied + conventional financing = not possibleif you found an absolutely killer BRRRR deal, and screened and placed tenants yourself, is it possible? 

To summarize, basement duplexing is a wonderful way to expand the use and value of the property.

To summarize, STR is not dead to the ones that treat it like a business. 

There are "interest tracing rules", that can roughly be summarized as the interest on a loan is deductible as a business expense only if you use the funds for that business. 

Hey gang,   BP has been such a tremendous help over the last year and a half that I feel obligated to give back a little and at least summarize my experience.

Hey Milwaukee BP crew , check out today's JSOnline - there's a blurb summarizing 2013 home sales data.Nice to see these appreciation figures after so many bleak years, especially in the city of Milwaukee: Waukesha County - avg sales price up 6.4% from 2012 Ozaukee Co. - up 8.9% Washington Co. - up 2.4% Milwaukee Co - up 10.5% city of Milwaukee - up 12.3%