If a tenant loses their job, I can find something for them to do temporarily and I pay good, but whatever they earn goes to pay the rent first. 

It appears the rules have changed to the system at least temporarily and it's incredibly difficult to play the game when you don't know the rules. 

At least temporarily.  

I could continue earning in perpetuity and giving to charity, but charities tend to weaken and I don't want my money going to something that isn't what it originally was.

He may be upset temporarily but if he wants it he can look into a 0 down mortgage.

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Anything worthwhile like being financially free does not happen in 7 months, in the same way that a sapling does not become a tree overnight.What you need to focus on right now is to generate CASH to live off on, not PASSIVE INCOME.To generate cash, you have several options:You can wholesale a deal - little to no risk; you can make money in 1-3 monthsYou can fix n flip - very high risk because you won't have income in 3-9 monthsYou can become a licensed real estate agent - no risk (other than the money you invest to get your licensed) & you can use this to find deals and get a listing to make some cash in 1-6 monthsGet a JOB in real estate (temporarily and at the same time learn the business) - no risk, no investment required; like being a leasing agent, or property manager, or acquisition associate for a flipping company, etcOnce you are generating cash so that you have $2500 coming in, then now you can focus on acquiring rental properties.Hope this helps.

so it seems that the majority of the homeless are temporarily homeless....  

Certain buildings turned to rentals temporarily.

To understand this you've got to temporarily suspend the way you think about money.