What I also enjoy is when people put out articles with contradicting view points and in six months or a year point to the - "see how correct i was", well yeah you placed bets on both red, black and green so you were going to be correct because you bet on all options.

If your bet is appreciation, bet your underlying fixed costs go up.

Perhaps not a trend to consider across the city but any neighborhood that would attract college educated young professional families seems to be a good bet if you wanted to focus on this asset type.I plan to build 12 townhomes as a second phase of a condo/townhome project in a good area of Mount Airy near the Chestnut Hill boarder and even though I’m likely to years away from being ready to begin phase 2, my current plans are to keep the 12 homes as rentals for the precise reasons I outlined above.  

Even after that time passes it depends on the state what actions you may take but in my state for a relatively modest fee you simply have a constable post a notice and physically remove them 10 days later.

However, in practice, lenders rarely enforce it as long as mortgage payments are current and there’s no added risk for them.If you want to avoid triggering the due on sale clause, the safest bet is to wait a few months after closing before transferring the deed to your LLC.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

@Tom Gimer  I bet Tom being an owner of a title company and an attorney might be able to assist or comment on this scenario..

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

., these are active investments for one for two these are physical assets.

If that's the case, then your next best bet is really concentrate on your studies.