How far out of the city do you think one would need to go to find a solid cashflow play?

Also, good income can demonstrate that they are capable of attaining a higher level of achievement which comes into play when I teach them how to do their financial calculations.3) They MUST learn all the Financial Calculations and can put together a 10 Year Business Plan.

I will definitely put this into play tomorrow. 

Safety comes Into play primarily with targeted crime, otherwise vacant properties and appliance theft is high.

It's better to get in the game than sit on the bench and not play.    

If you fail because of your attempts to be a 'nice guy', how will that play out?

Not sure what kind of capital you're playing with, but some of those 5br or bigger homes crush it on Airbnb.

My wife has better credit but the rental is in my name only, as I bought it before we met.The Question(s):• If the only way to pull the equity from this home is by doing the repairs, then selling it, is this a smart play, considering the property is already a great cash-flowing investment?

Cats like to play with mice until they've killed them, and then unless they are starving just leave it as is (given the choice a cat would eat a live animal versus a dead one any day).

The cap was the go-to metric 15 years ago when I started investing, now it seems way more factors come into play, such as appreciation, quality of the property (I bought something with a 22% cap in Braddock PA last year, but also the wind could blow it over at any minute...), and estimated future value increases.