The firm has had MHC as its top performing property type for the last year and a half and a November 2018 report described MHC as “one of the most attractive property types in both the public and private markets due to 1) a best-in-class cap-ex profile; 2) structural barriers to new supply; and 3) still-too-high nominal cap rates.”I hope this helps some of you considering investing in MHCs - happy to discuss further. 

American investors are quite obsessed with cash flow but you will get a lot wealthier if you pick markets that give cashflow, even nominally, but have strong appreciation.

If there's still money in the vault I'll help you get that door off for a nominal fee haha. 

Case Shiller home prices DenverGranted, these prices are nominal, but even adjusted for inflation, prices would be far higher than 2006.  

Account Closed Thank youI use % for reserves and Capex in nominal numbers for repairs.

Nominal price of your property goes to 110k, an increase of 10%4.  10k is 50% of the 20K you actually investedSo what we can see by this simple example is you gain purchasing power with inflation, as long as you use fixed rate debt.But that's just on the capital appreciation side of the coin, let's look at cash flow.  

The use of debt-financing creates a nominal tax exposure for an IRA through UDFI that is generally not a big deal, but certainly something to factor into your analysis. 

I'm at the point in life where I'm looking to buy my first investment property and I'm looking for advice on Step 5 (Decide What Niche/Strategy is Going to Get You There) of Bigger Pocket's "Step By Step Guide to Buying Your First Real Estate Investment" post.Here are some details about me:- Not looking to invest as a career, my goal is to have 3 or 4 properties that are fully paid off by the time I retire that are producing a nominal cash flow in the short term.- I'm in my mid-30s and single with a bit of discretionary income that I'd like to funnel into real estate investing, so I can handle a bit of a rehab project (not looking for a full-fledged flip).- Currently debt-free.- Looking to buy in the next 12-18 months.I'm currently leaning towards the duplex route, not as a house hack, but to rent out both sides to it.

Without increasing asset prices (nominal), or worse yet, decreasing asset prices, the house of cards comes crashing down.  

But these new properties are tenant occupied with existing leases, so there should be nominal affect on DTI.