You would have to jump on them quick though in this low inventory low interest rate environment.

Hearing advocates of operating lose and with disregard seems to impress newbies, sounds cool, but that certainly not the way professionals conduct business, at least here and I'm in the heart of the Ozarks, not the most sophisticated business environment on the face of the earth.

I feel I get a much greater appreciation gain, especially as the populations migrate back to urban environments the demand increases.  

We are in an environment where, in my opinion, if you're not making at least a 10% cash on cash return you're money can be put to better work.In Utah, for buy and holds I have heard of deals close to 10% happening in Toole and Ogden.

Furthermore, as an investor you would need to make it a priority to attend Association meetings and possibly even get on the board so you could provide insight and help maintain a friendly environment for yourself and your tenants.

It doesn't take a lot of creativity to spruce up a small house in an urban environment and give a little curb appeal.  

That leaves out wholesaling and flipping.What I'd really like to do is buy-and-hold investing, but Los Angeles doesn't seem a good environment for that.

A burgeoning start up environment being one the big drivers.

Plenty of opportunities out there just need to hustle to them in this environment. 

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