Even the sales BS works and it is generally something that you have to do to prod people out of a long-standing pattern and into a new one.

Either way, get out of the "duplex w/ an ADU" permanent holding pattern purgatory. :)Alternatively, you can seek portfolio financing.

Just figured I'd put the quote Rich Weese was referring to:"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low aspossible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays thetreasury.

Wilsonart made a point of creating groovy, awesome-looking colors and patterns to satisfy an increasingly consumerist society.Now - in the early days, you often saw stained trim.

Your tenant selection pattern over time might indicate such a bias.

This article notes that the geographic pattern of the vacant houses in Baltimore tracks the historic areas of "redlining" where lenders refused to lend on houses based upon race. 

At the same time I also know first hand how LA has evolved from the early 80's and I am starting to see some of the same patterns of progress in Las Vegas I saw there, and how much money was made in LA if you got in the right place at the right time.

I own an SFR in Cincinnati and am aware of the slow and steady growth pattern.

Lets hope those Hurricane's were flukes and not a sign of what the weather pattern is like now that the Ocean water is getting warmer. 

I have studied by personally driving through the neighborhoods, noting investor activity, monitoring the patterns and numbers of foreclosure, monitoring the prices/comps, monitoring county auditor records, and having good chats with my mortgage broker friend who also has bought in the area.I am so confident that buying and holding in this area could turn out to be quite profitable in the future.