The reason being is that the cities are in flux and population is moving around as I mentioned before and young professionals who are looking to relocate will not be looking for SFH in the core neighborhoods they will want to live, work, play in the center of the revitalization movement and where their jobs are within biking or walking distance. 

With an ever changing markets, vastly varied regional government policies and shifting public demand, networking is the only way to perpetually educate yourself and truly understand the niche that wish to invest in. 4) Final thoughtsReal estate may seem daunting, especially at the beginning, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Here a plan that was offered to the city to address the situation. https://texashousers.net/2016/02/26/the-opportunit...Here is discussion on this topic in the Chronicle after interviewing experts at Rice U.http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters...This is a particularly hot topic in 3rd Ward, where a grassroots movement is working to manage gentrification in order to revitalize the community without displacing residents. https://urbanedge.blogs.rice.edu/2016/05/25/third-...Independence Heights is getting a Whole Foods.

The fly-by-night investors spend tons of money, and needless time, marketing themselves in perpetuity.

Yes the winter months do decrease movement because of temps.

I'm new(ish) to the RE world, as well as the FIRE movement.  

Foundation cracks, horizontal or otherwise, tend to be more troubling when there has been movement of one, or both sides of the crack/fault.If that is simply parging over brick, it is also possible your crack is a washed out mortar joint between two courses of brick - then you have a new mystery to find out from where came the water.Is the inside face of the foundation wall visible?

Increasing awareness of investing in an asset class that perpetuates wealth at a higher rate than so many others is truly a contribution to the community.

This started as a small grass roots movement that has quickly escalated and now has the support of Kansas City's new Mayor, Quinten Lucas, as well as the majority of the City Council.If this proposal is allowed to continue as proposed you will no longer be able to take the following information into consideration when screening tenants.Source of IncomeNo criminal background checksNo credit checksCan not take previous eviction history into considerationMust work with Section 8, Housing Voucher ProgramsIn additional to these restrictions, we would also see the creation of a fourth city bureaucracy to oversee rental properties (in addition to codes department, Healthy Homes, and Human Relations/Fair Housing)What do you guys think?

What I was saying is that he continues to refer to "speculators" as dice rollers and that his comparisons to cash flow and appreciation/speculation are unfair.A typical definition of a speculator is 'someone that takes large risks, especially with respect to anticipating future price movements, or gambling, in the hopes of making large gains.'