They eventually sold the house to another buyer.

Population growth wasn’t the driver; income growth and tenant profile were.Most of my tenants were 2–5 years out of college, well-employed, wanted to be close to the city without paying city prices — and several eventually bought homes from me.Would I blindly buy in C areas?

Eventually, then turned to hiring it out to better use there time.

We ended up waiting him out, eventually he passed away and the municipality tore down the shack, obviously unpermitted shack and the gate. 

If you're just hoping to find something eventually, sit tight.

So you WILL cashflow eventually but go into the property expecting not to cashflow now.

Eventually, you'll find someone who's willing to come down to your number.

You'll eventually need the complete loan file, but those above would give me a way to know if we want to pursue the buy further.

I'm also optimistic that the DC economy will eventually improve and better appreciation rates return. 3) Third, since my goal as a new real estate investor is to build a robust portfolio over time, it seems to me that selling the only unit I have in order to buy another undermines the goal of "portfolio building".

No claim that this produces “the answer” — just a way to make tradeoffs explicit.I eventually put this into a spreadsheet so I could sanity-check my own intuition.