Utah County is 8 years on average younger than Salt Lake County, Demographics are more important than any other factor in real estate investing.2.

It's definitely a strategy worth exploring with careful planning.

.: Quote from @Tekoa Da Silva: Does anybody have stories about investing in real estate (any kind) during the volatile 1970s-1980s?

Sec8 is the "Options Trading" of Investment Real Estate. 

. :) It sounds like you are looking for a specific investment opportunity? 

I thought it interesting that none of the lenders seemed to care that some of the borrowers would obviously lose money on the property they presented.

Every decent area for investing in str's has competition. 

Dont care about what other people are going to think.

Welcome to real estate wholesaling and investing!

Have been talking about getting into real estate investing for the last 2-3 years and finally pulled the trigger on a 3 unit house hack in Soulard that will be closing later this month and will be self-managing the property.I'm trying to network a bit with other investors, build a solid team of contractors / handymen, and set my systems up in way to scale, but also so my tenants have a good experience.