that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

Otherwise, you won't have the extra funds necessary to cover the rising costs of goods and services in the future.What causes rents (and prices) to increase?

The last couple years of data are hard to point to conclusively just because so much was changing in the market, but it looks like at this point you've likely ridden the value down, and from here it is likely to rise and has started its trend back up.

We now have 26 doors (19 with a partner, 7 just in my and my wife's name). 4x fourplexes, 2x duplexes, 1x triplex, 3 singlefamily 

It currently comprises of 1x House & warehouse, with an adjacent lot next door that is a campground consisting of 5x RVs.

Due to the rise in home prices, I have a fair amount of equity in my house and was considering this method.

If the owner lives in town, you could even go knock on their door, I find this to be extremely successful when you are going after foreclosed properties.As to your 1st post, you might want to look at city data for growing markets, It looks like Rochester lost population last year, vs if you look at sunbelt cities like, Houston, DFW, Austin, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, these cities saw at a minimum 1% population increase.

$125,000 to $180,000 per door depending on size and what will fit.

Focus on building strong relationships and networking in your local market—having the right connections and a solid reputation can open doors to opportunities that don’t require perfect credit.

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.