I take the other side of the gamblers bet so I'm more like a casino.

these deals can take forever and a day.I own a 4 acre tract right across the street from the largest Indian casino in Northern CA  ( Graton Casino Rohnert Park)  have owned it since 1994.... there is 50 acres of prime development ground and 11 owners... when I went to a stakeholder meeting with the city.. it was evident that the majority were moms and pops that had NO CLUE about development and one would they think there land is good for this use.. ( which is not even remotely possible given the zone )  you have to fight these things... then one see a listing for dirt somewhere else maybe its a prime 1 acre corner commercial listed at 1 million.. they have 7 acres and jump right to the idea that their piece is worth 7 million...its this type of mindset that is dog tough in these situations..

I haven't been to Tucson in a couple of years but when I was there it seemed to me to be a dingy town although I only drove to Casino Del Sol so I didn't drive around (didn't know what places were safe or not).

what do you think will happen in the local market once the new Casino is built in Everett?  

I go into other parts of joliet for the casino and good burritos.

Have you found it's important to be close to grocery stores or are renters still happy to rent outside the city and making a trip to the grocery store / casino.

Do you see the the interest rates rising after the election and do you think it could negatively affect housing prices despite job growth with the opening of new casinos and stadium etc.?

Amazon coming into the FR area, Tiverton coming in with a Casino so the southcoast market is looking promising where you can still buy multi's for 30-35k a door, even better in some cases.

I'm mostly interested in buy/hold 2-4 units to create cashflow. however I'm not sure what city to start. at first i was strong on Troy NY but after doing some research i realized it has a lot of vacancies, old abandoned buildings, and lack of jobs. i was also interested in Schenectady NY because of the casino but I'm not sure if i want to bank on that for the a city's financial future.

So the moral is if you wanna take a billion dollars in taxable losses, go buy a few billion dollars worth of casinos, then totally screw up their operations(by the way- when Trump's casinos went belly up, the neighboring casinos were doing just fine,) close 'em down- causing massive job losses- then get a reality TV show which pays pretty well, and you won't owe money on those earnings for quite awhile.