If you follow the above process, your odds of selecting a location that will get you off and keep you off the corporate treadmill are very high.

A lot of people never know when to get off the treadmill.

And, if you buy in a location where rents keep pace with inflation, your escape from the treadmill can be permanent.Cash flow has other advantages:Accumulate cash for future down payments and to pay off the mortgage.Income reliability - Many purchases are optional.

NA Martin   Yes once you get on the CA treadmill and ride through a trough nothing finer than the CA appreciation...

Below are my thoughts on Las Vegas condos.Note, everything I say applies specifically to Las Vegas, although it may apply to other locations too.Goal ConsiderationsEvery investment must be evaluated against the goal of getting off and staying off the daily worker treadmill.

You really have 2 things to consider the Fantasy of it--letting you close easier, (the potential renter believes they will use this item)and the reality of it no one using the pool except one apartment, yet pool overhead is expensive, deprecation on equipment, taxes, chemicals, upgrades to equipment, resurfacing, emptying trash, stolen deck chairs, etc...Same with a workout center, treadmills and big balls, and mats or treadmills plus workout machines, and when the TV's get stolen, etc..or nothing...What do potential renters for your specific place....think they want, and really do want....and then there is the cost....If you have dogs a dog walk is a good thing as the dog waste should be less all over the lawn.Just my 2 cents..

If generally athletic, you will want to probably spend 2-2.5k for a real home gym setup (freeweight dumbbell rack, freeweight bench and power rack, treadmill) that is marketable above the other listings out there. 

Unless rent growth keeps pace with inflation, your time off the corporate treadmill will be short-lived.Also, all private sector jobs are temporary.

Over there you’re just on a treadmill working hard and staying in the same place.

I'm not allergic, but consider the health ramifications of the gym client with pet allergies who is running on the treadmill (already short of breath) and sustains an allergic reaction from the pet.