A key problem with solar is the decay rate of the panels, it seems most people completely forget this.

My understanding is they find housing for people who have gone homeless for any number of reasons and provide rental assistance directly to the landlord (similar to section 8), but that their assistance decays after they have found employment (not sure at what rate however).

We have no complaints about her, "felt bad" and that's why we decided to give her a credit to acknowledge it sucks to smell decaying rats in your house, we get it.

The piers are wooden and have some decay.  

Most homes won't cash flow that enough to counteract all the debt and if something happens, you will be further in debt.

I agree, which is why i have considered it, but i think if i live in my own home i would be able to somewhat counteract the care of guys living there keeping a close watch (after all, i live there).2.

At best you have a lot of leverage and the home doesn't sit empty and decay. 

To me, this is like the most important thing.I will say that refinancing and pulling money out of single family homes is easier with banks and whatnot, and they tend to have an element of better appreciation over time to counteract a number of cons.

The question I keep asking myself is will that slowly decaying $3k in cash saved jumpstart our next properties fast enough to outweigh the slightly higher cost longterm.Thanks in advance!

I have a passion for community development, and I would like to see this neighborhood gain a feature which will maintain the community's value, even as the early 80's homes enter a period of gradual decay.