"gig" economy, technology, etc), cost of living especially housing, etc, so it will be interesting to see how those changes manifest themselves the next time the economy and markets are stress tested. 

Don't have any economy of scale with 5 individual homes.

The income that will funnel into the US I am planning on funneling right back into the economy similar to what I do in India through real estate investing and renting.

@Chaz Mathias as the economy and housing markets rebound, even the best cash flow cities are getting tighter on inventory.

Even with all of that, I watch what the Chinese economy is doing and I watch Fed Interest rates and the Russell 3000.

Or, I look at the overall robust economy, the relatively strong housing market, and wonder if I'm entering at a bad time - but then realize that when/if things crash, that'll be another round of changes that provides for opportunity.Opportunity is born from change, and at 42, I'm old enough to know that the secret to doing something is to just get started, and to keep chipping away at it.Anyway, my short term goal, once I have finished doing enough research and working on getting the overall engine in place, is to get a couple deals under my belt, and get an idea of what pieces of my process needs refinement in order to scale up a bit.

Once the economy goes into “correction” mode lending and terms may not do so good ...so make hay while the sun shines and take action .

My only concern would be a drop in the economy and not being able to cover costs in case I had to lower rent. 

I think your first move should be to get your financial situation a little more stable, which should be fairly easy for a college educated individual in this economy.

The economy will always continue to expand":  That was the investment strategy folks used around 2006.