Because it is such a family oriented area with awesome schools, you get an extremely high level of owner occupied housing, 80%+.In Sacramento on the other hand, there are plenty of zip codes with less than 50% owner occupancy, so there's simply way more renters which helps keep demand (and rents) high.Another thing Elk Grove doesn't have is multifamily units.

If retail demand drops 20-30% or more (which is likely), you don't want to be the property owner who owns the oldest, worst-located retail center in town.If you have a choice between tenants, choose tenants that are service oriented.  

Hey all,My wife and I have been living in Tampa (Just south of Gandy off Westshore) for about 6mos.We are looking to purchase our first primary residence that we will keep and rent out when we upgrade further down the road.My question for you all is on your opinions of town just East of Tampa.Having just started home searching it seems you can get a house for a more reasonable price in Orient Park / Brandon / Riverview areas.I plan on driving these areas this Saturday (Tomorrow) but was hoping for some input here as well.Thanks in advance.

Just make a tenant orientation sheet and print it out.

Any park I buy, I would want it to be a place where good, family oriented people could live.Here are the financials:Purchase price: $164kFinance amount: $129k @ 6% for 20 yearsMonthly income: $4,480Monthly expenses: $4,022 inc:- Repairs 7%- CapEx 7%- Vacancy 7%- Maintainence 10%- Taxes $1142 per month (yikes!  

A few that I like to attend are NOT 'sales' oriented meetings but I know what you mean...I've certainly been to a few of those!  

As I tend to be detail oriented and very careful, I've made a plan with specific steps, details about those steps, and then my thoughts/questions.

Neighborhood is family oriented good school system pretty quiet.

Looking for an agent who can help us find buy rent hold SFH's in C/C+ areas of Jacksonville.Anyone have any recommendations?

One will easily pay $3000 to get licensed, join associations, pay orientation dues, etc.