Examine the scope of work carefully to make sure you were not double charged.

James,Just passed my exam in November.

You could also change the perspective from majority/minority and examine the same trends from an economic class (upper, middle, lower) or education level (dropout, high school, undergrad, etc.).

It is nice to have some control over your investment.I'm examining other investments to learn more about how they work.

Examine the rules in each jurisdiction and choose one in which you would be comfortable.

Joe GoreJoe, not everyone has a private attorney on a salary doing title examinations as you might running hundreds of millions through, but note contracts are done subject to good title, the deal is struck and then you spend the money for the search as well as property inspections if necessary, then you close the deal. :)

In addition to the HOA regs, you need to carefully examine the financial condition of the project.

However, upon closer examination the answer is - it depends.

Forget taxes, depreciation costs and appreciated values - - every investment has all of these, so they are NOT discriminators for the purchase decision.If you want an indicator for which deals to examine in detail, take the GSI / Price better known as the Cap Rate and higher is more interesting.The kicker is, a better CapRate isn't always a better cash/cash return, because the expenses can be deadly. 

He examined the wall outlet and discovered that it was a loose connection.