Quote from @Kristin Vegas: hi biggerpocket family. my name is cris and looking to buy a rental property in youngstown ohio for cashflow, i live in california and thinking in buy a property in youngstown ohio. anybody here investing there for cashflow if so, which area of youngstown is good and where to avoid. any friendly investor agentHey Cris! I

Are others playing the long game and hoping for appreciation or is there something I’m missing with the economics of North Jersey?

If you want appreciation, identify markets with expanding industries, positive growth trends, and bright economic forecasts.

I have an IT career, but like some others, I'm looking at economics these days and realizing that I need to make a change to get to where I want to be. 

I’m a 21-year-old college student majoring in physics and economics, I am the president of the Commercial Real Estate Club at my University, and am preparing to enter the investment banking industry after graduation.

Plus, in times of economic turbulence, many in this segment will be laid off.If you purchased a property with characteristics that match the Permanent segment, the average stay is over five years.

If they did they would have better economic policies , create safe neighborhoods and investor/business friendly atmosphere, to make their citizens prosper and able to afford the houses they live in, instead of losing it to banks in foreclosures.

The memory of the 2008 housing crisis still lingers, but I don't foresee a repeat of that situation.

Cannot comment at all as I know nothing about this fund, but they must be experiencing greater than anticipated issues since last year they noted distributions will commence in Q3 of last year and they excel under the current economic conditions but if Jeff is correct, they are still in the red

Acquired the rest, admittingly quite reasonably during the great financial crisis, for cash. 12 years later my cash flow is over 6 figures per month.Remember, no matter how much investors promote leverage, interest is still a huge expense.