If you use labels, it cuts down on the effectiveness a little but clear labels works better. 

Instead, investing should be a means to taking care of our needs and improving our life style.

It is clearly possible to do well here, but as expats I believe you need to be extremely careful in entering the market.

You’ll want to balance cash flow with tenant quality and appreciation potential.Finding Renters & Vacancy Rates – Property managers (PMs) will typically handle leasing, but you should vet them carefully.

(not letting emotion decide how much your property is worth") Ideally, yes.But let's be honest-- most agents don't care about getting their client the best deal, but just closing the deal particularly on the buy side.

If the numbers make sense, which usually equates to 10% or better cash on cash and roughly 1% rent to price ratio in an area that has appreciated well recently, I don't care how far I'm away from that market, I try to buy there.

Definitely screen properly and don’t cut corners!

The person who comes into money but not a lot of experience in real estate should be a little more cautious right now.So overall, I am not saying - do not buy, I am saying be careful.

Definitely high cost of living, where the median home price is nearing $950k.The first year of house hacking the property I cut my mortgage in half.

I like that lawn and snow removal is taken care of in an association, but dislike that expense each month.