Here's a fundamental explanation to get your juices flowing:Assume a house costs $200,000 and rents for $1,500.

The following actions will assist you in starting your journey:Learn the fundamentals of real estate investment first.

I just don't see how there will be a crash fundamentally.

People overlook some REI fundamentals in search of that great deal up front.I paid $40K over appraisal on my first small commercial multi... 8 unit that appraised for $660K.

The market here seems to have pretty solid fundamentals for MTR/Travel nurses. 

In a softer rental market like we seem to be in now, it becomes much more important to focus on the boring fundamentals like controlling expenses.

That could be poor training, there are gaps in knowledge in his presentations, and it could be people are lazy and even if they spend lots of money, they don't study hard to learn the fundamentals and they spew bad information on the posts thinking they "have it down".

Read up on the fundamentals of property valuation, tenant management, and transaction analysis.Join in networking events or local real estate meetups.

Lowering your expenses while increasing income is the fundamental recipe for building wealth—and a HH can accomplish both in a single step!

This is why job growth/fundamentals get talked about so often when choosing a market; put yourself where you have the most qualified applications possible for your home.With $100k down and assuming 20%-25% DP, you're looking at homes in the $350k-$450k range, with $400k probably being a break-even, at best.