Even though the price/sf rates are some of the lowest, the wave of new builds in better areas may affect it.

If it's on the market for a set number of days( depending on vacancy/season) that 50% move in is waved.

There is a new wave in recent years (I attribute this largely to the steadily growing post-recession economy of the last couple years) of what I call "hybrid" hard money lenders.  

If you get a little pressed for time you can do engage options like waving a security deposit, allowing pets, use a month-to-month lease, etc. in an effort to get what you believe to be a quality tenant.As for Podcasts about people who were broke managing to buy their first property you'll usually hear about the success stories and rarely the failures (if your first effort bankrupted then you couldn't stay investing in real estate - let alone make a Podcast!).  

I will ride the wave, but it is getting more saturated every year and more hotels going up increase competition.  

At minimum wave your new tenant fees they charge, ( get you a new tenant free of charge).

A bubble is like an ocean wave that rushes in, then quickly recedes.The other basis for price appreciation is more like a rising tide that doesn't go back out, and I believe that this is where we are here.

If anything, I think the macro level of housing is such that since there is a significantly lower number of homeowners today than there were - and most of those overspenders are now renters - we are much less likely to see a crash because of a massive wave of defaults than at any time in the last 30 years.If that group of people were to lose their job, they might end up being evicted from their rentals.

Hey Anna,Nice to connect on a different wave length here at BP!

Another wave of mailings are going out this week.