Always a failsafe button because tracking pads are too sensitive and someone can easily brush across it and cause an action unintentionally.

That means paperwork, delays, and per-transaction fees.For a static investment like a fund or private stock, that can work OK.Real estate is not static, and requires checkbook control. 

All things remaining static, I can readily see empowerment to those Fed actions.

Something to also keep in mind —A) cash flow does not stay static it moves, usually up.

Longer term, the baby will eventually be able to hold a paint brush, address and lick envelopes, clean rentals ;-) Just saying you can teach them the business early and they can get paid.

Still alive and well here in the NW  just look at all the fresh clear cuts in in the winter time when you fly over.Timber in the NW will return 12 to 14% in a static market when you have price spikes like right now its even greater ..

@Rick BaggenstossI agree - the CAP Rate as a metric is very limited by the fact that it's static.

I know I am completely in the minority on this one.But I for one do not think  ( appreciation is icing on the cake) I think  a prudent investor should be looking at properties that have a chance to rise in value fairly significantly over time as with mortgage pay down and appreciation that is were the bigger dollars are made.And Kyle the Reason I say this is over the course of owning these homes 10 to 20 years.. your going to need to do a full rehab gut job most likely to sell them... and that is to just sell them for what you paid for them.. now I know you will be putting money aside for capex however experience has dictated to me its never enough.. so with sale commission etc. if you have no real upward movement in your values and you do need to cash out.. you may take a loss of actual principal to then be off set by cash flow.. but it will lower your return over time.And if you buy in an area that has upward movement and can realistically be sold to a homeowner you have a very great chance of selling your home and recapturing this end of life cycle major rehab and potentially greater equity in the appreciation over time.The only way lower end properties that have static value can rise in value if rents rise appreciably over time.. and since many of these areas are hud reliant that involves our government increasing the benefits ...

Renter acknowledges that on the date this agreement is signed;The lot being rented is cleared of brush and all tree limbs are pruned above head height, -except limbs on trees along the property line.The lot is covered in grass.

It can't have escaped anyone's notice that financial markets have brushed off fears largely due to monetary stimulus and tech stocks remaining bullish.