. - I won't be close to the city when I get back home- Houses go for average $200,000- Renting rooms out for $450 not including utilities- City revolves around this University and is up and coming and hits really high on the charts for annual increase of the homes. - I'll be graduating in 2 years and will be buying my first house then to rent out.- This school is very popular for engineering students from college to transfer over (me being one of them) once they've completed their diplomas at college.

@Matt R.The best part of that William Yu story in the LA Times is the chart of 'real' home prices.Notice that somebody buying in 1997 effectively paid the same price as somebody buying in 1980.  

And then there are other side strip malls that have things like the independent hair salon, dry cleaner, maybe a non-name-brand food place, knick-knack shop, etc.

This is what a lot of you need and have been looking while pulling your hair out and trying to figure out the ROI, percentage and just putting it together.Graphs/ read outs for exit strategies for flipping buy and holds, Refi etc.

What's Holding Me Back: Lack of savings, knowledge and a thinning hair line, but mostly the first two.Tools at My Disposal: 2-unit house purchased with an FHA loan; Purchase price of $200K (30-year fixed @ 3.25%) $181K remaining $1600/mo mortgage payment with $2400 in rental income Area has appreciated with unreliable Zillow estimates assuming a $230K sales price$87,500/yr salary (take home of approximately $5K/mo)Approx. $20K savings (a reserve I'm loathe to touch)800+ credit scoreVery low monthly debtRight now, my rent in this part of MA is $2100.

@Matthew Greco @Ben LeybovichThe red, orange and yellow would be the war zones you definitely don't want to live.The chart below overlays the green or yellow are the cheapest areas to overlap the along w the safest areas.  

Think headphones, shoes, jewelry, make up, hair styles,etc. as the statement piece versus the pants, shirt,etc.The clothing space is over saturated currently.When I develop or my clients buy retail centers we focus on destination type tenants.

This chart is hilarious to me: 

Are you in their cross hairs?

Here is a link to the IRS rollover chart: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/rollover_chart.pd...Your employment elsewhere does not affect your eligibility for a Solo 401k.