The 1% rule is basically dead in most markets.

Your Paid-Off Rental Is Costing You Money: The Dead Equity Problem Nobody Talks About TL;DR: A free-and-clear townhouse bought in 2011 for $205K sounds like the dream.

The Census Bureau doesn't lie.14,376 people packed up their lives in Ohio and moved to Kentucky in 2024. Tennessee sent 14,181 more. Indiana, Florida, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois, West Virginia, Texa...

If you spend even five minutes online and you will see people claiming the market is dead because of regulations or over saturation.

AI might be a bubble but it is not a housing bubble.2008 Tucson Az had 26,592 listings, Today we have 2,418Check me if I am wrong but, we need serious lending deregulations and a year or two of subprime borrowing to collapse this market(price), or could a serious shock to the stock market cause a flood of home sales rapidly accelerating metropolitan areas (NO).

Am I doing something wrong or have I just not found a good enough deal? 

Cash Flow Gets IgnoredInvestors are obsessing over the equity pullout, not the long-term performance.Here’s the truth that separates pros from hype:If the property doesn’t cash flow after the refi, it’s a liability.Cash flow is what pays the mortgage, not equity.Debt service in 2025 is too high to ignore.A BRRRR that produces zero or negative cash flow is not a BRRRR, it’s a flip gone wrong.5.

Is the 1% rule basically dead in most Florida coastal markets?

San Diego in 2026 isn’t a “list it and hope” market — it’s a strategy market.
I’m noticing a clear pattern: the rentals performing best right now aren’t necessarily the newest or the cheapest. They’re the ones positi...

We've been operating in and around the market for years and I'll be straight -- direct mail has been dead for about 18 months here.