I've definitely been scoping the Richmond/Nicholasville/Georgetown areas, but I worry that appreciation will be slow in those places in addition to the cash flow being thin everywhere. 

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The beginning of growing a real estate portfolio is slow and steady, but as you get momentum with more units things will snowball.

Could be a different product too (Pledge Asset, for example), but basically a loan against your holdings. 

We were able to get this product from a commercial cleaning supply company.

The downturn will eventually spread across the nation, and to a somewhat lesser degree affect those areas that had lower price appreciation.My timing prediction: the oncoming slow-motion housing crash will become very evident within 6 to 9 months after the first Fed rate cut. 

While I strongly prefer not to use this type of product, it can be useful when a property is too "gunky" to qualify for a 30-year fixed-rate loan.

The strongest trend will probably remain the migration from north to south (FL, TX, NC), out of CA and IL and also a little more away from heat, water shortage, wild fire smoke and storms.Real estate markets move so slow, that short term is realitvley easy to predict based on leading indicators.

Hi Dustin, I will say that section 8 and rental assistance programs are quite slow when it comes to getting back - if they do qualify, they should be able to get rental assistance but it likely will take a bit of time before you get paid as a landlord.

This will slow down with the recession, but things really have gotten crazy.