It's a global thing and a domino effect.

Most of our non-liquid assets are invested in a low-cost, globally diversified ETF portfolio, but see a lot of value in increasing our income and net worth through real estate.So my question is this - if you were starting from scratch today, where would you start investing if you were going to be using your own assets?

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Most have not survived the global melt down of 2008-2011.

That doesn't mean you can't get a Fannie/Freddie loan for an investment property or possibly two, but they'll look at your global cash flow and that, sometimes, kills the deal.

I'm not sure if I'm putting too much emphasis on school zone or not, but I've read that it's important when trying to find tenants. 

The global economy is more interconnected than ever before, which could lead to a more severe recession if one country experiences a financial crisis.However, Patrick Bet-David has also said that he believes the recession will be a "reset" for the economy and that it will ultimately lead to a stronger economy in the long run.

Holding for more than a year Usually (emphasis on usually) will turn the gain from ordinary income to capital gain. 

In my training, there was significant emphasis on treating your buyers right.

To add to it (depending on your market), I put less emphasis on the credit side of things.