When it comes to appreciation I believe upstate NY and Philly will surpass Bridgeport CT percentage wise. 

In order of importance:*Work less*Spend more time with family and friends*Get to 35 SFH rentals (5 more in 2015)*Surpass my flips from 2014 by profits not number of units

We should surpass that in under an hour with our membership.

In my past careers I've always found the hands on knowledge far and away surpassed anything I learned in classes.

This is presuming someone with existing cash value, but the fact remains, $85,000 growing at 9% WILL catch up to and surpass $100,000 growing at 6%.

The good thing is finding renters is pretty easy and, for the most part, the rent collected surpasses the monthly costs.  

Where as bitcoin seems less fad like in that it surpasses previous peaks repeatedly and several times going back 10 years.

In this edition of NAAEI’s Apartment Jobs Snapshot, job openings in the apartment industry consisted of more than 37.0 percent of positions available in the real estate sector, surpassing the five-year average of 33.2 percent.Property management, leasing and maintenance job openings declined year-over-year, yet administrative positions increased by 1.1 percent.

I find that it only matters if the investor will educate themselves enough to know how not to lose money.I have been investing for almost 10 years now and am just about to quit my job because my rental income has surpassed my earned income. 

@Marc WinterI really appreciate your insight -- specific zip codes of Scranton, Dickson City, and Jessup actually showed up as areas in my analysis whose median prices and rents met or surpassed the 1% rule.