@Scott Freer, if it was you who arranged for those figures to arrive at exactly $50k profit (less tax), based on realistic rehab and ARV figures that you carefully researched, to arrive at your maximum allowable offer (MAO), fine.But if those figures were presented to you by the Seller (or agent), not so fine!

- Even if you had the cash to buy on the cheap, was anyone lending- If you bought sensibly and cash-flowing, did you even care because you could carry through the crash- Was the rental market hotter because homeowners became renters, or was it colder because tenants couldn't afford their rentcc @Anthony Thompson

The fast ferries should make it even hotter; but much of the appreciation is taken into account.

I am just throwing out ideas here that leave you with at least one investment. hopefully someone can give some sound advice and you can figure this out before the twins arrive! 

Tracy, I've been with HMS National for a little over a year now and they took a little over 6 weeks to replace a broken range AFTER the service rep arrived, inspected, and determined it was beyond repair. 

In these locations, we rent furnished rooms, since most international students are arriving with a suitcase and ambition, this approach has proved to be popular.  

The idea is to scale, sell and buy in hotter markets like San Antonio after a few years.This is Rick from McAllen Texas and appreciate all you guys at Bigger Pockets.

Tenants often like their water hotter than normal.  

I have a dumpster arriving on Monday and some kid labor to clean it.

When I look at some of the hotter neighborhoods here, there does seem to be a good amount of inventory at higher price points stacking up.