This can lead to better tenant relationships, local incentives, and an understanding of nuanced market dynamics that outsiders might miss.Conclusion:While secondary and tertiary markets might not have the same 'glitz and glam' appeal as primary ones, their potential for stable cash flows, significant appreciation, and strategic advantages can't be ignored.

In my experience one of my biggest lessons learned when dealing with older properties always expect more than you initially thought. 

But of the options you note, the only one that really makes sense to me is the CoC option. 

I recommend everyone always create their own IRR calculator as they can get pretty complex and oyu will want to understand all the inputs and outputs. we provide a basic one to those in our membership group but I always recommend build your own and understand not only the numbers but sensitivity that lines up with those inputs.If you are hard money lending thats simple as its just a column of dates and amounts for loan provided and monthly interest and points.

Downsizing a one factory town.I would expect if FedGov downsizes, a lot of the corresponding periphery businesses/consulting firms, etc shut down.There has also been talk of such things like FBI moving out of Washington, I think some of that has already been the trend, but may accelerate. 

You may not care, but I want to be clear that she is the one in the wrong, not you.

It is time for new ones and this time I will use a pro once I find one where I own the pics and not them.

While I know that return goals are different for each investor and their specific goals, it seems that a bad or low-performing deal for one person might be what another investor is looking for. 

At the moment, I have one SFH rental in Fort Worth.

This is only for an 1,800 sf. one story ranch, not like it's a furnished 5,000 sq property.