Seven years ago these properties were selling for 80-90k, now they're selling 125-140k and I don't see any reason this will reverse over the next 5-7 years.Also, like you were saying, Section 8 just increased their rates in this area and there's always tons of demand for Section 8 on the west side. 

A lot of the investors that I work with will get all of their properties Section 8 approved, which guarantees the rent at a higher rate than you could normally get for it. 

So, the clearest would be government rental programs like section 8, but that wouldn't work well since in an appreciating market landlords will just abandon the program if they can't get equivalent rent.

I stopped taking Section 8 for a variety of reasons.

I am a investor and a contractor in the Indianapolis area if you have propertys there I can get your propertys section 8 rent ready And If you get me as a contractor you bypass the 20 percent mark up that property management companies do when they do the property maintenance .

Then renting them to Section 8 Tenants.   

The few pats on the head (not from you, thanks for that) I’ve been getting in this comment section is actually not a bad thing.

The ones too poor to rent anyway either get Section 8 to make up the difference, move or are homeless.

We would regularly have around 25 people show up every month.So I’m wondering the reason why the link to the meetup section on BiggerPockets was taken off the front page and placed in a less obvious place on the website and why the map feature was removed.Did anyone else notice this change?

I strongly belive in the powe rof buy and hold, long term rentals, only cashing out to fund more real estate, and the power of Section 1031 Tax Free Exchange.David KrulacBigger Pockets Podcast #82