People want to be part of a success story, and they will likely observe you from a distance initially.

I am not speaking from direct experience necessarily but observation of many others, but if you are doing well and think you can continue to have success just make sure you have a safer reserve or something you can tap into if you experience a lull. 

Account Closed  John Very astute observation    they certainly can do that of course 

As I have observed and experienced, it's the underlying politics and economics of this city that make the current positioning and future trajectory of Indianapolis so strongIndianapolis is showing 40% better GDP over the last decade; remarkably low unemployment; surge in tech; and our median household income (+21%) is improving at nearly double national average rate (+12%).There has been $15B come into this city over the last five years.

Super cool you partnered with @J Scott to do a deal, I read his book and loved it.I am planning on hitting the auction this week and just observing, as well as try to pick the veterans brains a bit, get some mentoring of my own.

I attended a Sheriff Sale in Montgomery County, PA the other day just to observe.

If you know your strengths, weaknesses, preferences and risk profiles, etc, you can observe the market, learn and find a niche - or several - that you can master. 

Yeah, there are tons of folks that will tell you it is passive and all that (they are likely trying to sell you something), but at least in the beginning, it normally is not, not in my experience or observation anyway.

Anyhow, here are some thoughts on what I learned and observed in my time there.

I would not be surprised if it continues to climb for a couple more years then settled down to 2013/2014 levels.The rental market has always been very stable here, even through the housing crisis so I feel that if I buy an investment property now, even if the price is inflated, the rental income will be a good hedge against the coming correction.Now I'm certainly no RE pro, far from it, so these are just my observations based on living here for 30+ years, so take it with a grain of salt.