And they are not working for pennies—many are earning $40 an hour or more in skilled trades like construction, landscaping, and specialized farming."

I've been an independent contractor in Springfield, Illinois for 8 months and have been a trades contractor for the last 4 years.

There are multiple billions of dollars traded every day.

Quote from @Olga Daisel: @Dan ZambranoHow is your stock trading?

Investors should fully understand that Section 8 is not a cure-all for Class C & D tenant challenges, it's just trading one set of problems for another.We see too many investors not doing enough research to fully understand all this and making naïve investing decisions.

Anything requiring court or judicial decisioning is extremely slow. 

Market UpdateFor the second time in as many months, the Federal Reserve is on deck this Wednesday with a decision on whether to cut the Federal Funds Rate.

Now, it took me many years and a lot of real estate trading to get to this place with my bank, but that is why I highly recommend that RE investors work hard and finding and nurturing a local banking relationship.

It was a true trade-off as the Logan area is more limited in STRs and new builds so ADRs are higher and likely to stay there compared to RRG where the market is headed towards being flooded and there's the potential of ADRs going down like in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area. 

They are simply trading one thing for another.