Hey hey hey, that's not a fair statement about America, it's #1 for so much more, like obesity, come on give some credit, it takes a lot of work to eat for 3.

They left him for dead and he suffered permanent brain damage.Another time, we had a cleaning person performing her regular weekly duties in a laundry room of a 20 plus unit property, she was attacked and raped.I personally, when working maintenance years ago, was on a ladder in the common hallway replacing a fixture when a teen pulls a knife and demands money.

I say this, because we are in unprecedented times, and no one knows how things are going to play out- whether the U.S. economy gets Volcker'ed and interest rates get pushed into the teens (personally I don't think that will happen, this is just for illustration purposes) and eventually brings inflation down to the target 2% we were used to, or the Fed eases us into a new normal of 4% from here on out, the havoc it could potentially wreak on the economy in the process either way and the effects this will have on the investing landscape. 

When I was in my teens, so it's been a minute, I used to caulk log homes as part of my job.

I'm not in NC, @William Boeklen, but I like to see $150-200/month/unit in cash flow and a CoC ROI in the mid-teens or better.

The oldest is 37 and special needs, then I have two teens and a 7 week old baby I just adopted. 

Think mid/ upper teen's +.

 Also, it's very very difficult to get a loan on a night teen 76 or earlier home so that reduces your buyer pool.  

I've loved real estate since I was a teen.

The age range of 15 - 25 carries characteristics of "teen brain".