Is arguably lessening its land value!

It took us decades, or arguably centuries, to switch from barter, to bullion-secured bank note, to where we are now.

- Jean Hi Jean, welcome to bigger pockets and the dmv real estate market, I strongly believe it can be one of the best markets in the country if you know where to invest, it definitely has its unique challenges being a low cash flow market but the appreciation here is very strong and prices in D.C. specifically have fallen so much recently you can pick things up at a 2019 or even in some cases 2018 prices (I just put an offer on something listed at arguably an 2017 price point.)

(and, I'm glad I didn't wait to pay off my student loans, because it allowed me to get into RE investing at an excellent time, when rates were low, prices weren't astronomical, and properties still cashflowed easily)...In my opinion, house hacking is arguably THE best way for beginning RE investors to get started--it has MANY advantages over other RE investment strategies, and you'll get to learn all of the essential lessons of RE investing and property management that are critical to success in RE investing...house hack a property every 12 months using an owner-occupant mortgage, and in a few years, you can have a solid portfolio...Good luck out there!

Here's a thread of another inexperienced OOS investor with similar (arguably even worse) problems at a C or lower property--I'd suggest reading this thread, as it provides some solid suggestions:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...On the bright side, there's a LOT you can learn from this type of situation (a lot of the lessons are outlined in that thread), and if you take the time to learn those lessons, it can make you a better, more effective investor. 

Certainty of execution, arguably the most important, is what makes a lender stand out from the rest.

The first thing you should look at when buying a deal, and arguably the most important.

These were put in place after 2008 and certainly complicated the landscape for selling homes, arguably making it worse for the end buyer but that's a whole different conversation.

In spite of what I just mentioned, the US, even with a sub-par economic growth over the last decade, has arguably been the best house in a bad neighborhood.

I think its definitely a fuzzy area (with a lot of overlap) between the Short Term Rental class that Airbnb arguably started and Vacation Rentals (which I would put VRBO more in and is obviously more of a traditional asset class).