What I hear people saying is that it is not prudent for inexperienced, under-capitalized newbie investors to shrug off what opportunities are available locally and concluding, using often faulty logic, that their market is "too expensive" and throwing their hard earned dollars into highly speculative ventures - whose risks they are too inexperienced to properly assess - promoted by promises of the "clear, blue sky."       

If you are looking to purchase and hold for 5 years and sell, appreciation is going to be your cup of tea. 

It sounds as though they are inexperienced landlords (I just accepted my first renter today on our family home, my 18 and 20 year old kids are depressed and quiet, my husband has been glued to the T.V. since the renters left and I'm definitely feeling very sad and unsure of my new investing strategy!) 

Hi, this is my first post on the forum, really appreciate some advice on this:We don't normally rent to Section 8 tenant (so we are inexperienced in this).

Probably only because it was the quiet neighborhood environment was probably also because the top of the tea lined up with the driveway, so evening headlights would never be an issue.

You can do this in a friendly way, but my main point is that you don't want to look inexperienced or that you're worried about them liking you, etc.I learned that the best way to give news they may not want to hear, is by stating it as a "rule."  

There are many people out there who look for inexperienced landlords who won't check up on them, then move in and take advantage, stop paying, move a whole other family in, etc.  

If you are inexperienced you can study these prices over time and see what other people are paying.. you can get other quotes but best of all ask for referrals from other investors or realtors that have used that particular contractor...

She is just the face and they tapped into the niche market of innocent inexperienced Christian women

But this "evict them all mentality" is not my cup of tea.