I have always desired to help in my community but it scares me to this day,  there is some movement in portions of suppressed area but the comps are just not there.  

Price point: $70-100KCAP: 9.0%+Rent/Price: 1.3+Cash on Cash Return: 15%+I am really interested in Dallas and Houston because of strong macro-economic fundamentals like job and population growth, but have heard that both markets 'are farther along the recovery cycle and that means home prices have rebounded to a point where cap rates are suppressed.'  

Over time the high taxes may suppress appreciation but if you're looking for cash flow, it's easier to find in RI than MA at the moment.

Is there a way to suppress the "john and mary are now colleagues" type messages that I see?

Suppress all the emotions!

You can't try to suppress a disruptive technology but eventually it will become too big.  

The Fed tried to stimulate lending by dropping rates, which should have increased the pool of buyers and therefore curtailed the growth of, or in fact reduced, rental rates relative to what they would have been immediately after the crash, and perhaps suppressed growth of rental rates since that point.The oddest thing about the graph comparing rent rates to home prices, though, is that rent rates continue at a steady clip almost completely irrespective of home prices, which leads me to believe that the types of consumers demanding homes are fundamentally different from the types of consumers demanding to rent.

You would be buying a big house, converting it to meet TAS2012 (Texas Accessibility Standards), including a fire suppression sprinkler system, and would hire staff to care for up to 16 residents 24/7.

I see it, but it’s because the inventory has been suppressed on purpose by big players . . . not foreclosing on properties.”

So not sure if that might suppress rental growth as these new properties come online in the SW area?