Even though you probably can't build a household name like HomeVestors, you can build a strong brand in a small area.

For a rehab flip investor, anything negative stated about them is a complete falsehood as only good comes from the efforts.For landlords, perhaps you can make the argument that since they do not re-sell the property, that is one less available for owner occupants, but lets face the facts here, all they have to do is look at the entire population and then compare that with the number of households that are in existance.

Insurance - ValuePenguin, Metro Property Taxes - LendingTreeEconomic health - A good indicator of economic health is a rising median household income.

I make sure they know about the requirement for household income to be three times the rent.

You verbalized so well the debate that has been going on within my own household.

Think about that there are about 300 million people in the country and 114 million households. 52 million vacant houses is a phenomenal number and if true could be a drag on real estate prices and rents for quite some time

People like doing business with people they like and trust might as well be you.I remember a long time ago my first income property when I went down cellar with the man of the household I told my wife to sit in the kitchen with the woman of the household get her to talk about all her family memories in the house, then I had my wife talk about what memories she sees with our family in the house.

Throw in a few vacations, college savings, some walking around money and my annual household "nut" is way north of this number.

What is your monthly household income?

Real Median Household Income for Dayton is $49,504 a year (i.e., less than the cost of the "Inner Circle Mastery Coaching" level from Fortune Builders).