Rent-to-value ratios are direct and complete reflections of the difference in strength of an investment4.

It will be a strength.

You should look at yourself and see what strengths you might be able to bring to the table and offer others how you can help them.  

If you are not from the area I think your biggest strength is gonna be finding a good investor realtor.  

One of my strengths/weaknesses is my skepticism. 

What are your strengths?

So you're beliefs and experience can get in the way either way.From a strategic point find ways to maximize your strengths-professionalism, confidence etc while minimizing your (perceived) weaknesses-inexperience.

There's usually strong home appreciation in Arlington because of the strength of the federal government and affiliated businesses.

Get the basics like Experience, # of doors, years in biz, strengths.

This is what stock traders would call "relative strength" which basically means given all the other investment choices of the moment, investors are choosing REITs.Again, its not to say these can't come down later on, but at least for the moment, it seems that some investors are actually running into Real Estate instead of away from it.How crazy would it be that the "real" risk in 2016 was not having enough real estate vs. having too much of it.