It is a nice blue collar neighborhood, people take care of their yards, right across the street from a food lion and only about a mile from the liquor store. close to the 2 major roads in the area and directly across from a park and ride if you are looking to commute into DC.

The properties are there you need to change your food chain. 

Only in such an environment can you achieve both current and long term profitability.Below are comments on what the above actually encompass before I cover the criteria I followed when selecting my long term buy and hold location.Static Prices And Rents Are Not StaticOfficial inflation is running at about 3%, which does not include food or energy.

Each of the rooms gets a small fridge outside the room with a camera on it (that way you avoid food spoilage inside the rooms and food theft).

Although, I do think with the enormous population of renters that work in the entertainment/food industry may drop their leases come this fall.

The one over at Ala Moana I think has better food maybe because Longhi's son lives there and runs it.and the development N of black rock is really something. 

To say REI or Stocks ______ is like saying "is food bad or good" and trying to arrive at an answer.

Good food for thought.

likely no retail/food/bars will be in the yards. 

I dont have to deal with the midnight call the the fridge died and all their food is going bad....or the washer damaged their new clothes.....Yes tenants can damage the property moving them in/out.... but they do that with sofa, beds, chairs- and everything else them move in/out.