Work hard or work smart.And if you think California real estate will ever be worth half of what it is today based on a one time event during a global depression that saw entire countries go bankrupt, you're view of history is very limited.

His ex wife (also on the show) introduced him, and then inexplicably told that they had lost all their money trying to fix and flip when the economy went bad, that they filed bankruptcy, that her husband went into a state of depression and refused to look for a job or even leave the house for three months, that she contacted an old “mentor” of his in Las Vegas, that she got him to go with her to Vegas, and that this mentor had set up the program, marketing etc that he was about to pitch.

Although it is strange that other countries are looking to China, who devalued their currency just a few years ago.Many forecasts I have seen look at a few indicators, but as you can see, there are many other pressures at work that could help investors, but could also cause a recession, or depression, if they fail in a big way.

Muskegon Heights 15 years ago was not "B" class and was depressed but there has been a lot of investment in the Muskegon area the past decade and everything is on the upswing.   

That's depressing or limiting their value. 

George OrwellIn this small story, I want to show you how I entered into real estate investments, making bad mistakes, taking risks, living in a depressed neighborhood and finally making some profit.My family came to the US in December 2016.

Apply the kind of occupancy you'd like to see in the overall market to have a good investment (a too low figure will be bad for your occupancy but, the worst effect will be its depressing effect on the average daily rate).

I started out in one with troubled young women ages 18-24 who had some light depression and needed to finish their GEDs and learn life skills.

That's super depressing if the money we spent hunting for a property that we assumed we would be able to claim as business expenses can't actually be claimed at all. 

I've heard good things about Spartan Invest as well, but haven't worked with them directly.You have to be careful in Birmingham, though - it's a pretty depressed market, especially around the city center.