My educated speculation...I am confident New York City is not dead but it did get the kick in the balls that it desperately needed.

It sounds almost like the kid is opening and closing a cabinet door or kicking the headboard (my speculation).

Marco:- Heath Sector is one of the major employers → increased aging population/more job growth - Bioteh, fuel cell research & tech sectors all growing → forbes speculates could be next tech hub- Opportunity Corridor (projected to complete in summer 2022) → revitalize the "forgotten triangle"- Large businesses coming in & staying → Plug & Play (start up accelerator funding company), Link 59 (62,000 square foot complex), Sherwin Williams, NASAMicro- Great PTR ratio → Great cashflow- Strong renter's markets → over 50% renter occupied- Barrier to entry is low → scalable- BRRRRableNeighborhoods (highest appreciation rates)Detroit Ave / W 25th StW 25th St / Walton AveW 6th St / Literary RdRoute 422 / Broadway AveW 7th St / Marquardt AveCastle Ave / Scranton RdDetroit Ave / U.S.

Feel free to shoot this down, it's a moderately speculative post.Thanks!

Second, aside from Tokyo, investments are for more of a cash flow play, rather than speculative capital appreciation.Very interesting thread.

I don't like speculation much.How about you?

Some of this is speculation, but I'd prefer to speculate on the safe side.

That's the part I'd be concerned with.I can't speak intelligently about why some HMLs require the title to be in an LLC but speculate that it has to do something with lending regulations and being a commercial lender?

This is certainly a very speculative part of the industry at the moment.

-------------------The market is hot for wholesalers...so they're pushing thinner deals and some investors are biting because they're speculating on appreciation.