If rents increased 2% per year, your buying power decreased by 57% after ten years.Inflation is why you should only buy properties in a location where rents and prices are increasing at or above the inflation rate.

This would increase your returns while decreasing your risk.

@Sandra ArnoldIf you are a real estate agent who is / will be involved in real estate, you want to see if Real Estate Professional status is a designation that you can claim in the future.Having a retirement account and deducting health insurance costs are some ways to further decrease your real estate agent commission income.Best of luck

I am decreasing it to genuine now.

My Wife and I are looking for a home to House Hack, but with a limited supply of Multi Unit Properties in the Area we have been mainly looking at Single Family homes.One idea we've had is to convert a Garage into a second unit, my question in this regard is will it decrease the value of the home in the eyes of potential renters if there is no Garage?

Getting into wholesaling now will be difficult enough already, but you're decreasing your chances by focusing on those areas.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________With Real Estate syndication you can do things like raise rents, decrease expenses, renovate the building, add amenities such as a swimming pool, spa, or gym, hire new property management, add units, add services such as laundry, valet parking, or online rent payments, and much more.

Typically, rental rates don't turn around/decrease unless the city because a bankrupt-like city.

As the Federal government became involved to "help" stimulate the economy by guaranteeing bank loans, via SBA or VA or FHA (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae), more laws were implemented to help decrease loan risk, increase asset value and life expectancy. 

The entire town burned down, pretty much decreasing the population by 90%.