This year’s most popular areas are known for being fast-growing cities with plenty of new development, with healthy job growth in Florida and Texas in particular.

No one wants to put in the effort, work, time and money, into a healthy habit or - for real estate - into a solid asset.

If your mental health is compromised by looking at deals, you should stop.

I will still use alt. lenders from time to time depending on the circumstances but I will also achieve similar LTC financing through traditional banks and when I go to my capital partners with a term sheet for 85% LTC through a traditional bank with a fully capitalized interest reserve, healthy contingency funds and soft costs built in and the real estate great, its far easier to raise capital because far less equity is required to fund the deal but this all starts with the quality of the real estate.

Nights, weekends, holidays, etc.To keep this on-topic, though...DO figure out what's healthy for you to manage but remember it's a process where every experience teaches you good and bad (and be patient with that process).DON'T sweat the small stuff (damage/costs under $50, undisclosed dogs, etc.) but DO find a way to learn, prevent, put in better practices to maintain your sanity. 

If this is a $100K property you may go from believing you have a healthy LTV ratio to being underwater in a matter of 2-3 months.

And, at least for me, there always seems to be either someone that is willing to make pennies on a flip or someone like my builder partner, who can always do the work for so much less than I could, that he can pay more for a property and still turn a healthy profit.Thank you the insight.  

I am not saying 25% threshold, I am saying they should work or have another solid way of income and can contribute a healthy portion of the rent. 

Rents can’t realistically continue to appreciate at the rate they were if we are to maintain a healthy housing sector.

As the years have progressed, I've seen a healthy combo of appreciation & cashflow has continued to increase as market rents have gone up.To start off, I'd attend some local meet ups and network a bit, and start analyzing some deals.