I was slated to have a speaker for our January meeting who teaches a STR course - she was going to basically give an abridged version of her course and get the opportunity to pitch the full course for those who were interested - and she fell through.

It fell on my lap.

Quote from @Omari Alfred: Looking for some good neighborhoods to invest in or to avoid  Baltimore zip codes are too big to really rely on, personally I’d invest in Canton, Hampden, Fed hill, South Baltimore, Fells point, Highlandtown, Greektown and Remington.

You only tied it up with a $1,000 deposit and if the fools your sold it to fell through you could have lost your $1,000 deposit.

Then I have 2 more houses to fix that are not started other than roofs and security, oh, and the one where I fell through the floor has a new floor through the base level. 

My 2 Cents: Cashflow: if your property can make cash flow inspite of the vacancy and other things today, going for a mortgage, you are good now  and for the upcoming future. traditionally, During recessions, the rental values haven't changed mush and the prices of homes fell but the amount since you are already baking into the calc the todays high prices, when they go low you can refinance and then be good on lowering the payments. remember the cashflow is the principle that is being paid to mortgage and Net income after mortgage payment. 

Fell free to ask me any questions you have.

I personally fell through a floor on one of my houses and went straight down 4 feet. 

Recently I purchased my first investment property (all cash) and my funding option fell through.

Below is an example.Based on the average, home prices fell by 3%!