If you like your gig and making money from it.Real Estate is first purchased as an investment.Any potential tax decrease is a plus.Comparing real estate with other investment types such as stocks / bonds, real estate will likely get you the best after tax return.

It seems that Dollar General, although they decreased # of stores open this year, are a stronger brand than FD/DT.

Rent rates continue to appreciate strongly, with a consistent 7% market (3% in some sub markets, 10%+ in others) appreciation over the past few years. interest rates have  decreased in the last few months, and with the latest bunk job report correction and current trends indicated from the feds regarding 'inflation,' we are being prepared to expect more mortgage rate decreases.

Only issue I see (I am huge into data for my day job so I run numbers on cities on a regular basis) is that there has been population decrease in last 5 years.

I figure if I start out with a low maintenance property, I can lower the learning curve and decrease the stress of managing a business and rental property myself to allow me time to figure things out as I go along. 

Utilizing the same approach can can assist with for-sale housing as well where you can decrease DOM and move your inventory quicker, thus saving on carrying costs.

This will result in higher cash flows but decreased exits. 

Supply and DemandIn real estate, prices and rents are determined by the imbalance between the number of buyers and sellers.When there are more sellers than buyers, prices decline until there is a rough balance between the number of buyers and sellers.When the number of buyers exceeds the number of sellers, prices increase until there is a rough balance between the number of buyers and sellers.Rents follow prices.Higher prices reduce the number of people who can purchase, increasing demand for rental properties and increasing rents.Lower prices enable more people to purchase, decreasing demand for rental properties and decreasing rents.What determines demand?

Currently San Antonio has 3.8 months of inventory on the sale side meaning it's still a sellers market but creeping towards a buyers market which is above 6 months of inventory.I imagine we'll see this number decrease as we move into the year.

The investors who learn a single strategy or tactic, usually from a “mentor” and do not bother to learn real estate fundamental, real estate finance and real estate law miss out on “creative” opportunities to significantly enhance their ROI or significantly decrease their risk.