Mike you know me old school.. in my day tenant did not pay we took the front door off and turned off the utls  LOL  I guess you cant do that anymore.but I grew up in the bay area and I am not sure when rent control came in but it was DECADES ago.. in SF and Berkley .. and MHP s had very very strict rules and rent control.. so those markets still flourished.. 

From 2012-2016, the value of the median home grew by over 43%.

Living in Iowa in 2014, I noticed how inexpensive all the houses were compared to where I grew up and that piqued my interest in real estate.

@Chris Nelson  I grew up in the Midwest (WI) and now invest in Cleveland.  

I grew up in the worst parts of Miami-gardens/Opa Locka and lived in Overtown in my early 20s.The people who ran into trouble were the actual renters than the management LLCs (usually smart slumlords that used multi-structured shells to minimize liabilities).I've witnessed more evictions in the nicer parts of Miami than in Miami-Gardens and Over-town ( the only time I've witnessed a low-income tenant being evicted in Over-town was when my neighbor was stabbed/beaten multiple times and the scumlord management company issued an eviction notice 1 day and 14 hours later).

I grew up in NOVA and still have family there, but haven't lived there in a while and am unfamiliar with the rental markets.

I grew up in the area and think there's a lot of opportunity here, if you know where to look (and which spots to avoid at all costs!)

Hi Shane,I grew up In Jersey City.

I grew up in Colorado, but have lived in Idaho, Ohio, and Utah before making it back to my home state a couple years ago.

I grew up in a small towns my entire childhood, cheap property and great people but in 20 years it will still be cheap property and great people