If rents drop catastrophically you have a long way to adjust them if you own free and clear.But you are also getting the benefit of leverage on the other property.And best of all you are setting the stage for future growth by concentrating equity. 

You can look around in the world, Chile, Lebanon, France, Hong Kong - whenever wealth concentrates too much, dumpsters burn.

- in most cases, as a new investor you should concentrate on accumulating the wealth worth protecting first and answer that question later.2.

We take a really data driven approach to the site selection, concentrating only on centerpoints that analytically meet the requirements our operators are looking for, and then we go in and start to match that analytical requirement with the desirable physical attributes we look for.  

I suspect that I will be concentrating on my local area at first but definitely want to expand to other regions.

The wealth comes from focus and concentrated effort.

, single-family rentals are great if you acquire in a concentrated area and the inlaw bonus would be really great, had never explored that before!

So if you want to be found for those searches, concentrate on SEO.Whereas social media isn't a direct "Search A, Find B" scenario.

I was wondering if I should concentrate on markets like Virginia where I here is hot for investing opportunities.

Buy it in concentrate form (it's more economical per mixed gallon than buying pre-mixed).