Now if you don't like long-term data, let's use last 20 yrs only, from JPMorgan Wealth Management Teams in house data, which covers a boom a bust and a boom and a pan-demic, typical for a US 20yr span. which gives us 9.5% nominal (REITS beat SP500 by the way), but the key number is the orange bar, 3.6%, That is what the average wealthy college educated client of theirs dose, hundreds of thousands of clients.

So to the degree you can narrow down your buy criteria, the better off you're going to be.

I suspect they are going to approach logs with some degree of skepticism, especially when you are working 2,000 hours W2. 

OPINION: S8 program should only give voucher holders 6 years max on the program and require them to attend college or trade school to improve their income.

A franchise is only "worth it" to the degree their systems are outstanding and can guide you through the process of acquiring and managing the doors.  

These properties are my children's college education, I acquired them in 2005, only 1 loan no 2nd, never refinanced since purchased, but I am in a dire situation, any advice on where I can get the help I need to save these 2 houses, they both have equity... 

Went to college there and lived there a bit myself. 

A lot of my business right now has been clients purchasing new homes, and homes near the college to rehab and hold for rentals.

I have family members who started in REI (to varying degrees of success) and have always wanted to enter in myself. 

Whereas, Iowa City isn't growing quite as much, is very saturated with rentals, and people go there for college so potential for high turn over.