Are there any Investors who rent to this segment, I am not sure how you advertise a property for rent is it by market rate or by the rate (which I understand is roughly 110% of MR) you expect to receive through Section 8, if anyone can talk me through this, it would be greatly appreciated.

I'm wondering What segment of real estate business is recession proof?

. * Premium segment, but there are other competitorsI was thinking of starting my own firm but I have other talents where it could be used more profitable.I feel they're basically the JPMorgan of turnkey investing.Anyone have any ideas?

This leads us to the next segment of our story: Partnerships.

We self-manage and I do most of the maintenance work.As I see things, the overwhelming reality of western PA in my rental market segment is that small outfits like ours are almost exclusively composed of greedy and stupid landlords who routinely lie to, steal from, and cheat their tenants as a matter of course. 

As example, list segments in Lufkin for single family homes <$100,000 with 2+bathrooms (the county doesn't report number of bedrooms) owners known to have low equity eliminated: 208 Seniors, age 60-89, 15+ year residence96 Absentee Owners215 Owners with Low Financial Stability Scores, age 40-89, 5+ year residenceThese are great potential sellers for you to mail a letter of post card letting them know how easy you can make it for them to sell their house to you.

It's hard to stand out.There are some owner-occupied segments with people who share motivating factors for selling their home.Seniors with Long-time Ownership: often ready to downsize or transition to assistance.Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS): Struggling financially and likely ready to cash in on their asset.Both these categories have additional advantages in that they probably don’t haven’t been updated and may have deferred maintenance.

It's hard to stand out.There are some owner-occupied segments with people who share motivating factors for selling their home.Seniors with Long-time Ownership: often ready to downsize or transition to assistance.Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS): Struggling financially and likely ready to cash in on their asset.Both these categories have additional advantages in that they probably don’t haven’t been updated and may have deferred maintenance.

On the lighter side...John Oliver of late-night TV fame does a segment on mobile homes and the investors that buy and operate them.

It’s definitely a challenging market segment and if you’re attempting it out of state, the higher turnover rate and increased property damage can be real profit killers due to more vacancy, increased PM fees and rates (15% is more than double the rate I pay for example) plus you’re likely to have higher costs on maintenance, leasing, inspections, turnover/make readys, etc. just because sec. 8 tenants are a lot harder on units and also super high maintenance to manage.