These are designed to absorb the greatest amount of debt by having the least amount of cash influx. 

There has even been a move on the part of some sponsors to specifically tailor their offerings with products designed for a 12-24 month period. 

Must have a smoke detector in bedroom.If you're not on town sewer is the septic design capable of handling the "extra" bedroom? 

Time to engage in an active real estate techniqueOk, I’ve stated this many times before and will state it again.  

@Jonathan Quintanilla:  Yes, there are several products, designed for larger/fewer #'s of units.

Still maintain my CFP designation while spending tons of time with the young fam these days and managing our investments.

The WSJ recently ran a piece about the lack of financial literacy in this country, Three question financial literacy test This test designed by professors at MIT and Wharton ask some very basic financial literacy questions (no they aren't trick questions) and only 44% of college graduates got all three right. 

I have tested both, and found that the furniture is not worth it unless you are going to go all out (think interior designer) and that just is not worth it for one house.

Not knowing who your HVAC person or firm is up here, I'd be very curious as to IF the city of Milwaukee DNS (Dept of Neighborhood Services-where all of the inspectors, city planners, etc work) or even the state of WI in any capacity has any other suggestions OR if there's any outside chance that when someone mentions "yeah, we're going to replace the current central heating system (which I'd sure as heck assume must be gas or MIGHT be still heating oil if it was never retrofitted or replaced since way back when) with electric baseboard heat" if they're going to suddenly have steam pouring out of their ears or some other cartoon character type reaction, because as I'm sure everyone knows, it gets damn cold up here every winter (especially compared to Cape Coral where it is warm enough to have all of those canals all over) Not only is electric heat WAY more expensive than gas heat now, IF the new EPA regs that are blatantly designed to make life hell and skyrocket bills for states heavily reliant on coal for generating electricity (like here in WI!)

I don't think there's much one can do to change that mindset, but allowing emotions to cloud judgement and engaging in less than professional correspondences will only perpetuate the myth of the "greedy, evil, rich landlord".