I like the affordable price point and smaller units personally. if any of that strikes a chord would love to chat.

Maggie, keep in mind that pricing is based on demand so “expensive” property will usually outperform “affordable” property that is affordable because it’s often a crappy house in a crappy neighborhood that will attract crappy tenants.

Areas like Georgian Acres to Gracywood are in demand, offering a mix of affordability and growth potential.

Furthermore, the demand for affordable housing has been on the rise & mobile homes fill that gap perfectly.

The inventory is there but the cost of living is so high people just can't afford to buy anything.  

5 years: $1,000 x (1 + 8%)^5 / (1 + 4%)^5 ≈ $1,20810 years: $1,000 x (1 +8%)^10 / (1 + 4%)^10 ≈ $1,45915 years: $1,000 x (1 + 8%)^15 / (1 + 4%)^15 ≈ $1,761The amount of goods and services you will be able to afford increases over time.Investing in cities with high rent growth rate decreases the number of properties you will need to reach financial freedom.

If you can afford to do so, contribute $22.5k to your 401k (ideally a Roth 401k).  

She needed to sell quickly to afford cancer treatment in Chicago that her insurance wouldn’t cover. 

One of the awesome parts of the Jacksonville buy and hold market is the appreciation and the affordability.

Looking on Zillow it looks like the only affordable places are reseda or pacoima or Lancaster.