Those trends show no signs of slowing though perhaps the recent downturn in the economy boosted them more than usual.

But, you need to set your moral compass early on to avoid the bad players.Next, learn the fundamentals of real estate, this is from a formal educational type setting, get a test book that real estate agents study to obtain a license.

The following ways can help boost your score-  pay on time, increase your credit line as much as possible, payoff a big portion of the outstanding balance before running the credit check 

There is also some exterior work needed to boost the curb appeal.

For example, if you are in a lower COL area and can find a duplex or triplex for say 150k, you can put down 7.5k, maybe more with fees and keep the rest as reserves and also use the money you're saving in rent to boost reserves and save for future investments.If small multis aren't an option, consider buying a fixer upper SFR with a 203k loan to boost the value through a renovation thats cost can be rolled into the loan.

So if you can boost the NOI then you know how much value you’ve added to your property.

I'm running into a similar issue, where I'm accounting for a refi in year 6 or 7 that is boosting my ROI/IRR over the long-term hold. 

With this new property, i'd like to start off on the right track, so i figure that hiring a real estate savvy accountant would be a huge boost for me. 

But steady growth in jobs and income will boost housing demand over time.

He has no ethical moral character.