If that's the case, check out some of the economic data about what cities have strong job and population growth.

And there’s no catalytic economic drivers for those areas.Don’t do it unless you are doing it just for fun and pure speculation.  

For me, it's about practicing Cooperative Group Economics: It's not about me maximizing my profit, by rather about me maximizing the benefit to my community.

Look at rent growth trends, vacancy rates, and the area’s economic drivers.

This has affected me on an emotional level far deeper than it has economically. 

What am I going to do if a guest uses too much energy... nothingThe goal is to run MTR for a few years and then convert to LTR.

Any decent multi-families that come on the market are snapped up, and they, too, are hard to make economical. 

My wife and I create Real Estate Meet-ups wherever we live (lived in many places due to being in the Navy for 21 years) and I believe that these groups help change that potential energy of potential investors into kinetic energy and make kinetic investors.

It keeps your asset, but rising costs and no property management may stretch your time and energy.1031 Exchange into WA: If local management and long-term appreciation in WA fit your goals, this could work.

So, cycles happen and we will likely have another down rate cycle in the next few years but it might just be due to another economic issue, so sometimes be careful what you wish for.