Hi Cathy,San Diego is a great market to invest in and there are tons of people doing it but yes you may have trouble seeing positive cashflow in the beginning.

I have found that most have had a positive response to having section 8 tenants.

The reason for this is there is certainly a lot of heavy lifting of resources required by a property management team to bring on a new resident including rent collection, setting proper expectations, accounting and building a positive relationship in the first month.As far as the quick re-rent of your home, I was hoping that would be something in which you'd see the value of working with us. 

While I could write a whole dissertation as to way, I have no appetite to enter into a kind of discussion in which too often egos become prevalent over helping one another.What I would do if I was in your position is to ask about investing in the US to somebody who actively invests there and ask about investing overseas to somebody who actively invests in Europe and the Caribbean and then draw your own conclusions.

It's a great time to get in right now when you can still find positive cash flow and amazing appreciation here.

Without new companies creating similar-paying replacement jobs, workers may have to settle for lower-paying service sector positions.

I would suggest shopping it around a little more until you find a lender that offers reasonable terms and has a positive reputation.

If you operate as a separate business entity - S-corp, C-corp or a partnership - you may be required to have formal compensation for yourself: either a W-2 salary or so-called guaranteed payments.

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Even with the reduced rates, my cash flow is poor for my equity position (i would still be cash flow negative at today’s rates).