Your $80K property w/ $1200 month in the suburbs & $3K a year taxes will get the same rent in the right part of the city w/ taxes being far lessHedging their bets by purchasing on blocks that are actually dominated by property owners versus renters.  

It's a good idea to remind ourselves why we do what we do.

I've had other companies and prefer these guys better, I continue to dominate my market in terms of Google rankings and we are consistently closing 3-5 deals per month from online leads.

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If you want to do it right, it is a patient game, but the harder you work, the more opportunities for luck and experience will come your way.Along your way you'll find there are probably a handful of people in each trade who are dominating your immediate market, 2-3 realtors, 2-3 contractors, 2-3 investors, 2-3 attorneys, lenders etc... keep working, you'll find these people, identify everyone's needs, start solving their problems, gain experience.

I build new construction and I certianly want to make a profit If I built new construction to sell to landlords I would want to make a profit.. the risk in mid west is where the property is .. and well thats were there can be some serious issues.. but if buyers just buy properties in good areas of any town with good schools  in an area of the Median home price for a given city/market they generally do just fine.. when they buy for a lot less than the median then they are buying into rental dominated neighborhoods which are usually priced for risk/reward..  

Oil pricing is dominated by world economics; world political events impact the price at the pump, where natural gas pricing is driven by the domestic market.

My market is dominated by SFH's that are great deals.

But its location location location.. walk to cool pubs shops restaurants etc.What happens in many of these lower value areas is retail leaves banking leaves resturants leave.. not sustainable so no one wants to buy a home to live in.. and it becomes all renter dominated then the values crash to ONLY what a local will pay for a given cash flow.And most locals in these areas wont look at anything that does not make the 2% rule. so as long as you have that criteria and rents that have been the same or stable for better part of 25 years..

Focus on 1 niche and dominate it.