In addition, the white house has tasked the DOL and SEC to open up private placements to a much larger audience and possibly make accredited investor and qualified purchaser requirements decrease or go away.I have direct investments in real estate and investments in syndications and the stock market.  

You can find higher ROI (on paper) here and probably in other cities…but the probability of actually collecting rent significantly decreases.

Being able to claim real estate professional status does provide a lot of benefits if you qualify.There are some risks / concerns but the benefits are great.1) Your spouse will be spending 750 hours which is about 15 hours a week2) There is a risk that the quad that you purchase decreases in price(It can also make you very rich if the value goes up).Note: I find it that normally the higher the cost of the house, the less likely that you will get close to the 1% rule.

In Japan, however, the value of properties generally depreciates to 0, like the value of cars do, except if they're collector's items plus the population is steadily decreasing so not the best way to create wealth.

While tourism is important to the city, there are many other industries and I don't necessarily think the ban will decrease the number of tourists and many locals are complaining about the overtourism anyway it might not be such a bad thing if the numbers decline a bit.As Erwin suggested, there are areas that are indeed more favorable for short-term rentals.

We have not seen the property value decreases so far that some other areas of the country have experienced.

My reading of the question was tax deed properties, but if they are just buying tax liens, then that will decrease the amount of capital needed for sure, as well as the total amount of risk.

For example, if the primary goal is to simply reinvest income from one flip into the next, then C-corps can actually decrease tax liability because C-corps, unlike S-corps, are not required to distribute income.

But low prices reflect weak long term demand due to the decrease in population.

I would try and see how to decrease vacancy rate before looking at buying another property Increase your GOI.