Reconciling appreciation and cash flow plays?

[Jacques Herve]

DC Metro based and trying to invest close to home. Cash flow is hard to get in this HCOL area and appreciation is not a given at this point in the cycle. Buying an off-HOA house and AirBnB'ing it looks like an attractive play. Potential STR regulation is a risk -not too high so far around here (Norhern VA) but the house would retain value even then.

Comments?

[Ron Gallagher]

Appreciation and cash flow are both possible in DC.  Listen to this week's BP podcast with Joe Asamoah as he breaks down one strategy to cash flow in DC, the other way to cash flow in DC is do what I do and buy a house with six bedrooms and rent it out by the room.  My last three DC rental properties have met the 1% rule and the cash flow and appreciation have been amazing and I didn't have to leave the area to achieve it!