Appreciation is icing on the cake so to speak and you can't live on it until you sell w/SFRs.  

I was thinking more in terms of things to break the ice and to build an instant report with the sellers.

Then if I have a bad month or even a bad year I'm not hurting because I wasn't shooting for the moon and when I have a banner year, it's all icing on the cake. 

The picture you are painting, again just by what you wrote is that the cashflow you are currently receiving is icing on the cake.

It's bad enough Vanilla Ice has a house flipping show... 

Close to the UP, so some people use it as a stopping point before going north to Snow Mobile, Ice fish etc.

Appreciation should be the bonus, the icing on the cake.If you still want to invest in CA from OH, I strongly recommend to use a property management company to manage your property and handle all the tenant related issues etc.

Don't let that one "rule" make or break a deal, but use it as a part of your overall due diligence; and if your expenses over the life of the rental come in under 50%, that's just cream :)

There's a saying that goes "I rather have ignorance on fire than knowledge on ice" if you have a pretty good understanding of how it works, you are only going to get better by doing.

If you know specific teachers you recommend that would be icing on the cake.Thank you for your helpDREW