Don't get me wrong; demographics, jobs, affordability, population growth etc. are all very important, but the details of the individual property itself and subsequent management/execution of the plan are most important. 

They never want to pay the subsequent year taxes.

Subsequently, you're shooting yourself in the foot by proclaiming to be (at least that's what most people would think if they read 'realty')

The additional money was from taking out a few personal loans ($20k, 32k, and 15k), taking 2, 0% cash advance offers on credit cards -and then getting a HELOC on the first property that we paid cash for to use for down payments on subsequent homes. 

If it is cheaper to hold a unit vacant until the recovery, than lower rents and subsequently affect rent prices of all units, they will do that.

If you fail the exam, it will cost you another $60 every subsequent time you take it as well.  

(My reply was to an earlier post I didn't see a subsequent on wthat WAS very good.)No.

I understand that this can vary a lot depending on the age of the house, type of neighborhood (and subsequently the quality of tenant), etc. 

The surge in demand for building supplies and the subsequent price increases along with the associated dearth of availability for the skilled trades could lead to further deferral of needed maintenance.... and more.There are just too many variables to consider.

We went and looked at his completed product before it hit the market and decided that we would be interested partnering up with him on a subsequent flip.The three of us found a single family home that was bank owned in Clawson, Michigan and decided to all three purchase the property together.