What I'm trying to say is to be very careful owning only 4 units a gentleman that has been buying apartments for about 25 years and owning about 5,000 units and is a multimillionaire has taught me a few things with his many videos on YouTube and being on with Josh and Brandon a couple times and doing many public speeches and predicting he will make about 150 million this year might qualify him as knowing what he's doing. 

Generally speaking, the statistics in Arlington predict that your realtor's strategy *may* net you more, but you're the one that has to be comfortable with it and it's your home, so do what works best for you. 

They operate like a broker (lots of outlets, which means more programs than a bank and often lower rates), but they are the direct lender (which makes them a bit easier to work with and more predictable/reliable compared to a broker). 

Lastly, a quick glance at some MHC investors and proponents:Warren Buffett is a significant investor in the MHC space, favoring the sector for its stable, predictable cash flow.

Sometimes you can't predict this stuff.

It depends on the bank, they will either:1) already know the property is worth say $150k, so they’ll bid up to maybe $130-140kOR2) they’ll just automatically bid up to the judgment amount, take the property back, then hand it over to an REO agent to sell or put it on one of the national REO auction platforms.No real way to predict.

We don't discriminate or ask stupid questions to get our business busted.However, everyone wants to know, if there are some clues that this particular family will trash my property.I don't have any clues, I had cases when nothing predicted it and everything got down.

.- Downcycle Outperformance: MHC is the least sensitive property type to negative changes in GDP - the average stay in in MHC is 13 years, unheard of in residential real estate - resulting in stable predicatble cash flow with an ability to consistently, yet responsible increase rents.Lastly, a quick glance at some MHC investors and proponents:Warren Buffett is a significant investor in the MHC space, favoring the sector for its stable, predictable cash flow.

"Core" stabilized assets are for investors with low risk profiles who want capital preservation and stable predictable cash flow with low risk (versus higher risk alternatives in stocks and bonds...or value add and real estate development).REITS, insurance companies, pension funds, family offices, very high net worth individuals/families who have already made their wealth, etc. 

The data I've seen predicts growth into 2020 and then leveling off for a bit.It's likely I'll be leaving the city next year.