@Jason RiddleI would highly recommend Houston Texas, as rental income growth and appreciation here are steady.Also you can get other data about Houston Texas like population growth, average household income etc. on Site To Do Business (www.stdb.com)All the best!

This steady stream of marketing pieces will stream and stream, after you are a household name due to mailers, knocking on doors, and word of mouth from other people in the neighborhood you will be in! 

Ryan Holiday so elequintally puts it in what Zig Ziglar calls 7th grade comprehension so that I may understand.

Negative labor #s was the household survey coming up w/ its 5th negative month in the last 7.

Whenever I get upset (normally it's about finances in my household), I make myself breakdown what I'm really upset about and then get mad at whatever made me feel defeated.

:) No offense, but was there was any truly comprehensive research on the part of the nay sayers here?

If we're using that article for reference (the one that breaks down individual household items, their life expectancy, and their cost) then he does not set aside nearly enough in order to cover these items in the long term.As far as other investors in Springfield, no, I don't think that they're unwise because they have a different, less-passive business model than myself.

Although I'm not an attorney, and won't therefore go into detail on the reasons why, believe me when I say that virtually no hard money lenders in MA will do any residential loans (personal family or household purpose). 

Our local Natural Gas Utility offers this:"Reduced-cost weatherizationAdditionally, Energy Trust of Oregon now offers Savings Within Reach to NW Natural customers with household incomes up to 120 percent of the state median income (SMI).

I believe this 100% because the same thing happened in another town in my county and now that towns current median household income is at about 100k a year.Okay so finally the questions I have.Do you guys believe that it would be smart to invest in cheap properties (<50000) now while they’re still cheap and hope that they are able to turn the town around?