Portugal as a whole has had huge capital appreciation over the last few years but that was mainly a catch up from the Global Financial Crisis and it was led by foreigners, notably through the Golden Visa, that's now been abolished.

I look forward to continuing to learn from the BiggerPockets community as I navigate my real estate investing journey.I’ve had some success on the eastern shore of Maryland, though even that market has started to frankly become expensive, there are still pockets of potential growth both rent & appreciation, thoigh it’s becoming harder to find, also there is a massive rental shortage out there, a county I just put a property contract on, literally has 3 properties for rent right now, but it does make rental comps quite difficult, outside of that I’ve started looking a little more into western Md and some southern pa markets but still trying to get a feel for them, overall I think in this market places that are affordableish and have some draw will do well with the continued wfh + affordability crisis but keep in mind while I think the eastern shore is actually fairly safe market for the most part a lot of rural areas definitely have boom bust potential and in theory more risk than dc metro, though the low price points do by definition tend to mitigate some of those risks. 

Freddie Mac, which is still under government conservatorship since the Great Financial Crisis, is proposing to buy these second mortgages on the secondary mortgage debt markets as a mortgage-backed security.

So you've never seen a 40-something man inherit a good chunk of change, promptly have his mid-life crisis, and squander his inheritance and what little he had?

You literally bottom fed and bought in the great recession, that's the definition of being lucky.We're literally in an 40-year affordability crisis, you can't tell me what you were able to accomplish is realistic.

You are all a big part of how I'm getting through this current crisis.

It's 2024 and it seems everyone has forgotten the Great Recession (GR) and Financial Crisis (FC).

Our living expense needs are pretty well handled by Social Security and pensions, so there is no crisis at hand.First unit is a $410k listing with no mortgage.

I read industry magazines like Multifamily Executive, The Real Deal, etc and see who is buying, then google that company.Again, I don't want to imply this is a steadfast rule, but often times, when I find groups that have long track records, consistently good returns through multiple economic cycles (definitely experience through Financial Crisis, and ideally dating back to 90's), I will get on calls with their team to find out that they are QP only offerings, and/or have $150k+ minimums.  

I called Mobile Crisis Unit about 2 months ago because he fell and refused medical attention.