Also, justifies the quality of homes in Katy, Texas.Proximity to Houston: Because Katy is very close to Houston, one of the largest cities in Texas, Katy benefits from spillover economic growth, employment opportunities, and urban amenities, making it an ideal location for both residential and investment purposes.

The best part of the book is his epilog where he writes a masterful and convincing argument for the benefits to the family and to society for housing stability. 

It doesn't save you money (you are $30k in debt), it disrespects the property your mother gave you, and it's not healthy for a variety of other reasons society will never tell you.

I think the location was fantastic as it was not in an urban environment and allowed for a peaceful getaway.

I used to define markets by state but now we do by zip codes and strategy. there's 440 zips in ohio, 7 of which we do business in which are downtown columbus and that is the urban core and urban core adacjent. rents are higher, property values are higher, developer and density friendly, low risk land or infill land, plus fastest appreciation in the market.

Everywhere I lived in urban philly had zero garage, and basically zero yard. 

I did a duplex renovation did fine. very strong urban core market strong appreciation, we see new build activity there, I would stay north of 104. we would build around there and we only do urban core or urban core adjacent in columbus. look at new construction if you can't find inventory you like. plenty of lots all good appreciation in the urban core, strongest rents.

There's a fundamental impersonal resentment in every society about giving richer and more powerful people more money out of the pockets of poorer and weaker people.

Millennials prefer spending on experiences and there is a general shift away from 'things' to living life in a broader way with Instagram selfiesCONCLUSION: Travel and leisure growing at twice the rate of GDP is intact as the longer term trendA counter point to these three favorable points is that short-term (urban) and vacation rentals (destinations) have taken market share away from hotels and this appears to be a permanent trend. 

not in any market. there are DSCR loan coverage on plenty of deals. we build ground up I could send you a lenders underwriting of the triplex we build here that someone can get a full return of capital on within 8 months. that's in columbus. maybe not buying existing, just change your strategy. open your mined. go to some conferences. don't buy in bad locations. we are doing deals within 1 mile of the urban core of columbus all day long. land here is a buyer's market there's more than 6 months supply and it's 22 times cheaper than land in miami fl where I also do deals in.