Its true that you will not see double digit appreciation but you will see solid returns if you act fast and manage right.

I use Quantum Digital for small lists but their website is not exactly user friendly. 

I have been reading my digital copy for the last couple of days (waiting for the hard copy) and it's great!

For billboards most use the digital led kind now.

In this scenario, amortization is going to bump your total current return to double digits ... and any rent inflation or market appreciation is gravy.The math works differently in these higher priced markets in ways that are unexpected if one's reference is a more typical market.

For example, a property with a homestead exemption in Florida is subject to a 3% cap in annual increases in assessed value (in a hot real estate market with double digit year over year gains, and/or on a property that has been homesteaded for a long time, this can result in major disparities between assessed value and taxable value). 

Right now I'm an on air talent for a small digital network in Boston but I want to get into real estate. 

I've had plumbers tell me 1. oh good they didn't cut down into the slab, this is an easy job 2. oh good this is cast iron, it's very resilient 3. oh no this is cast iron it presents a lot of problem and we need to dig it up and provide you with a new water line and sewage line (made them explain what a water line was, now I know)Dry wall guy didn't want to do anything but patch up what was there.

Basically, it was nutso double digit appreciation in 2012 and 13, and this year is only (sic) 5-7%.

You don't see houses rising at double digit rates of appreciation, but the flip side is that Texas definitely didn't get hit nearly as bad as other areas during the crash.