I invest exclusively outside of Fort BraggThe only benefit of buying in a military town is it can be somewhat insulated from economic downturns. the detriment is military towns are generally stagnant.

Denver entered the 2008 real estate crisis earlier than most cities, fell less in value, and returned to growth quicker than other cities of similar size.

I'm a senior in high school with an intense passion for economics and finance.

There are probably a small handful of places you could find these type of economics (pure cash flow and little to no appreciation potential unless the cities really rebound) = Detroit and St.

If you think new construction is a good strategy at this point in the economic cycle, I think you need to seriously reconsider your plan..

The first tenant isn't living with Grandma, she is a Grandma or so she told me; she lost her house in the financial crisis.

Prices are high, expenses are high, and rents are modest so the strategies that can get you enough to live on, to give some examples, might be student housing, higher risk cities with low house prices and poor economic fundamentals, or starting with buying a multi-million dollar portfolio requiring hundreds of thousands or a million+ of down payment. 

If the most you can get is $533 this is not an economically stable market, which means you will have trouble both driving rents higher and driving valuation higher.2. $533 is not enough to cover OpEx, CapEx, Debt Service, and Profit.

Solid economic and demographic trends4.

My only concern is the rising rate environment and the impending economic slowdown many economists are expecting (granted they have been saying this for the past 12-18 months), and what impact this could have on getting overly levered.