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Everyone who had enough cash to buy a home has done it already and the remaining pool is shrinking.

Unfortunately with an apartment you can't shrink the workload short of selling the building.Bringing on people doesn't have to mean hiring employees with all the associated overhead that entails because you can outsource certain tasks.

I'm doing about 2-3m worth of deals each year, and I maybe pull 1-2 agent based comps a year to double check a property that just does not feel right because a neighborhood is a black box for us.The world is changing, real estate agent business is a shrinking now of days with technology, like it or not.. 

Hey! everyone, Look to invest in a Beach Condo, a heads up prices are rising due to low inventory.  Some Condominium has not had the price increase yet, others you can see prices rising from 70K to 100+K.  Here is Wh...

If keeping it as a rental, and are borrowing funds, frequent exchanges of currency may shrink profit margins and maybe even take them right out.

Mold turns many buyers away as mentioned in this article, http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/15/a-mothers-nature-a-force-to-reckon-with-when-it-comes-to-mold-and-the-home/, shrinking the pool of buyers to a small set of investors who will want a smoking deal on the property.

First every market is different and is either growing or shrinking in population.  

But in a competitive market as more and more people enter that market, the profit margins will shrink.

If your numbers are correct and the town doesn't shrink I would personally go with the long term buy and hold.