Breaking the One Percent Rule isn’t uncommon in either of these areas and can be applied as a baseline in situations where immense appreciation isn’t expected in B-C class neighborhoods.

But I will tell you that if you view BP with a grain of salt, it can be immensely valuable, granted some of the investing strategies and theories can seem hair-brained at times.

He's an African American JFK.

This summer I'll have more than enough from rentals to cover myself and I'm going to continue to do contract work because I'm going to buy another house closer to Chicago for the contract work, want to start planning my African safari this year and want one of those F150s with the King Ranch trim package but kind of like owning house and car free and clear so I'm doing everything for cash.

At the risk of making a race-based assumption - something else I can't explain is that african american males that I know are either the tenants Mike described that withdraw their applications when they hear I do a background check....or are extremely successful entrepreneurs and investors themselves.

In Durham the rent to property value ratio is quite high, so finding cash-flowing properties is not that difficult.If you want an extremely detailed report on where people are coming/going check this out:demandinstitute.org/2000cities/exploreIt has an immense amount of data for 2000 U.S. cities since the year 2000 and projections into 2018 such as population growth, median house price, employment growth etc.

He has helped me immensely and you will get back 10x what you put in I guarantee it. 

I was in court in SF Friday for a Case Management Conference and the judge said San Francisco today is about 5% African American, and that if he sees 100 potential jurors appear on a jury summons only one will be African American.

Investing in real estate, especially now with super low interest rates, offers immense opportunities. 

I think having a license helps immensely in New York.