Maybe we have a shortage of section 8 housing around here, I'm not sure, but I find as long as you don't get greedy and keep your rentals maintained right.....

'Be a big fish in a small pond', or 'be greedy where others are fearful' and all that.

My partner spent years developing contacts with other traders and it seems that it's a pretty small world where everybody knows each other.

I went from 2.2 to 12.4 all because I got greedy...

Even though your post is highly offensive.Written in the typical arrogant self absorbed greedy double dipping "profesional" narrative. 

That doesn’t mean prices will skyrocket for single fams, but in traders speak it lays a good resistance level.TLDR: there’s too much cash floating around and not enough good ideas.

By structuring the deal that way, there is alignment of interests between the sponsor and the passive investors.The "sponsor" of the deal you're looking at is being greedy so, yes - it does not make sense.

... that is what a buy and hold investor should care about ... we are not day traders here and aught not run our analysis or RE investment decision like one ...

Be greedy when others are fearful, be fearful when others are greedy.

They tried the media--poor old folks being forced out by greedy heirs.