In addition, there is the factor of completeing the necessary due diligence to locate and identify a future real estate trend that should happen due to other local factors such as a city or state or even federal revitalization program, uncovering evidence that a specific area will have a significant amount of growth due to population increases and job creations, and the list goes on.

We make money from value add features and services: credit card fees (ACH is 100% free), credit reporting for tenants, insurance policies (both renter’s insurance and landlord), our lease creation and e-sign feature.

An attorney is not needed for any part of a contract creation, execution, enforcement, etc.   

Despite them all being deep blue tenant friendly cities, they are also the engines of wealth creation in this country and therefore over a long period (20+ years) are likely to outperform everything else.At the end of the day, you need to come up with an investment thesis you believe in.