With far better results after spending years looking for deals in Boston and/or having my shirt handed to me in other areas where I tried forcing cash-flow-as-gospel when it was simply not there.In hindsight, if you’re not predicting $1k/mo in cash flow AFTER factoring in management, vacancy, and repairs you’re probably just setting yourself up for failure by buying someone else’s problem.

My businessman brother chided me a lot during the downturn about “losing my shirt” because property values dropped (they’re back stronger than ever today!).