Even brokers in a rush to make quick money sometimes partner with unethical lenders, further perpetuating these issues.In real estate investment, we are all part of a larger team.

Today we are economically diverse and showing job growth in several sectors.Having said that, I am not an economist (or a fortune teller) so these are just my thoughts after having gone through the Great Recession and knowing how housing-dependent we were then.Melanie

People are so obsessed with the door count that they completely ignore what we are doing all this for. 

For US government purposes, our legal residence is a family member's home where we stay when we are in the US.Thanks for the DSCR info.

I know if I do not rent to students, we will not get even close to the type of rent we are looking for, but paying the mortgage with no rent is hard on my family and I. 

However we often find our electricians get more expensive the longer we use them so we are constantly looking for additional electricians.

Thanks guys we are moving to the next town over Lexington.

As we are in the midst of the winter, how is everyone getting creative with leasing up properties?

We are buying more than we have ever bought.

My partners and I (3 of us) are based in Miami FL (not the easiest market at the moment) we are all realtors / brokers and investors, each have 20+ years of experience down here, have done multiple ground up single Family and duplex builds and currently have a portfolio of single fam and duplex properties.