@Sandra HoI think people who have tendencies or habits tend to repeat them.

Zillow is still different in my opinion.Note: I tend to add more details than needed to help other people interested in learning more about property investments.Elton

The second of two homes I bought when I sold the rental, I would have bought a more expensive one as the one I got was close to the university and tended to attract students which had higher turn over (though it may also be my local market).I'd also look up how to do a 1031 (I think that is what it's called, I'm not in the US) where you defer capital gains taxes on rentals by buying another within a set period of time.

On top of the the borrower most likely owns it outright or has a small balance left on the loan.Also, you tend to have to offer a premium in the selling price with seller financing.

We’ve faced similar challenges with larger homes, as most traveling healthcare professionals tend to travel alone or with one other person.

I tend to write off physical expenses to the building and do not write off expenses associated with personal effects.

**Privy** tends to offer strong MLS data, **Propwire** focuses on off-market properties, and **Backflip** specializes in investor-focused analysis.

Affordability is about 1:3So yeah on the surface it looks like a big difference, but there's a lot of things not controlled for in the stats- There were a crazy amount of houses built in the years just after the war, so housing stock was easy to come by everywhere;- Homes had nowhere near the kind of features they have now - 2 car garages, dishwashers, OTC microwaves, W/D hookups, high efficiency windows, central heat & air conditioning, etc - all those doodads and niceties drive up the cost of housing;- Fewer mortgages were 30 year, so homeowners had to pay (relatively) higher monthly payments;- Rentals were almost exclusively apartments, so there was more supply for buyers;ETCI think these things tend to be more stories that make for good press but aren't really that grounded in reality overall.

I tend to think about it a little differently.

I tend to have an easier/faster time renting my 2 bedroom units than the larger ones.