We also are considering continuing to contribute to the stock portfolios and open a line of credit when it makes sense.

I'm just about to close on my first four-unit, which is probably typical of what is available in Maine, in this type of neighborhood, at this price point - which is old housing stock, tons of deferred/poorly done maintenance, and relatively high labor/construction costs. 

But when we go ten years without a major hurricane event despite all the predictions that they would get worse . . . meh.Climate fluctuates by the minute, hour, day, week, month, season, year, decade, and century.  

My prediction: I think prices will continue to rise.

In any market, you need to analyze median income, and crime, and that will help predict where you will have more challenges collecting rent.Every city has their challenges with vacancy.

Years ago, I bought into the Motley Fool stock advisory service only to get worse returns than I had been doing on my own (not that mine were great.)

So Costco has a new blanket/comforter in stock. https://www.costco.com/seasons-collection-down-alternative-b...Seasons Collection Down Alternative blanket.

It is more about whether you gain value for having the property management and their cost.A number of years ago, a property we managed was sold to a person who was a stock broker and he was going to manage it himself. 

STRENGTHS-  strong affordable housing market-  cool city with a great feel-  nicely mixed neighborhoods with properties in need of repair next to nice homes-  large university, robust medical community-  decent rents overall, currently trading at 8-10% cap rates-  Micron promises growthWEAKNESSES-  Micron hype is making people spend way too much on properties-  pesky code compliance inspections here too-  student housing area is incredibly compact and difficult to get in to-  difficult to predict if a property will benefit from renovation or not-  contractors are overwhelmed, difficult to get estimatesSummary: Syracuse is experiencing a lot of change right now, in a good way.

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