Typically, the faster a city is growing, the harder it will be to cash flow, but there are cities that have slower growth rates that you can still have decent cash flow and be fairly certain that your investment will appreciate, too.

However, had I started smart REI at your age, I would have built wealth faster and retired earlier. 

Nationwide consumption of diesel and jet fuel needs to return to pre-crisis levels before I make 4 figures a week. 

I understand permit is important and useful but currently my tenants family don't have any hot water and I want to make the process faster. 

Pros:  About 2 extra days more with family, perhaps tenants will be more on their toes, I can catch & address problems faster Let's hear thoughts & opinion.

However, if your goal is to acquire lots of properties so you can live off the cash flow, you'll need cheaper homes to accumulate faster. 

Hello my fellow BP Money Masters, this is just a post about feelings. Im currently in the debt pay down phase and so anxious to get into the game. I am saving and following the guidelines set in many of the books (Set...

You can most likely scale a lot faster and I would much rather fix everything up front to avoid maintenance and then capture that built equity with the refinance then rinse and repeat

Investing is buying an income producing asset hoping it grows faster than inflation (value and cashflow), while leveraging on others to help pay the loan/s (tenants). 

This has fueled rent increases driven from the bottom, not the luxury market.