Its also several folks that spent their money and have become  successful  at building houses and apartments and entitling land.

Got a question for the Jersey City hosts - I bought a single-family home recently and plan to rent out some rooms. The rooms to rent are ready and overall the house is in good condition.
However, due to a leak that...

From there you can start to identify what you are looking for.Where do you land on the follow spectrums:Cash flow and AppreciationLong term or Short term needs (waiting for growth vs get out of my W2 now)Long term rentals, Mid term rentals, Short term rentalsBuying close to home or coast to coastSelf manage or hire a PMIf you can narrow in on those, you essentially have your buy box. 

Let's help you duplicate that success in the Houston Area.I am a Houston, Texas based Investor Broker/Agent who has worked with over 400 BiggerPockets Members and Investors. 

And your net worth will thank you.If you still want to go ahead, you'd be better off buying a house than an apartment because, while the value of the building itself will go to 0, you'll still have the value of the land, bearing in mind that the land might actually lose value too given the depopulation and the yen depreciation.Sorry if I'm pooping a party but make sure you understand what you're getting into (which you're already doing by asking the forum) and then make the decision that's right for you according to your objectives.

Cash flow approximately 350 a month.Option 2: Use the cash to buy land to build a 6 bed 4 bath duplex, all in cost approximately 300k/330k. 

Hello everyone,
My name is Themis Kosmidis and I have recently moved to the Cleveland area. I have over a decade of experience in strategy consulting and in real estate underwriting for new acquisitions and ground up...

Hi Chris, I don't have any context regarding the seller's situation so no comment on the land trust.

I guess they have more land to build there so it might reduce the appreciation there?

I am trying to automate my data collection through excel. My thought is to take a compiled list of property addresses saved in Excel and then run data scrape from Zillow and Redfin on each of those addresses, pulling ...