We got screwed and now we have to sustain the cost of any hurricane in our State, by ourselves.

I understand that property values have gone up however seeing a property that was bought for $199k 12months before and now listed 350k seems like not a sustainable number when looking at rents that increase is not justified from my understanding.I understand because it’s a FHA loan the equity I could add is limited because the MFH has to be in working order.Ok now back to the topic, What are most useful websites that local BP members find helpful when evaluating a property from a quick evaluation to a more in depth college grade microscope?

Appreciation WILL NOT AND CAN NOT return to pre-bust levels for a VERY long time, the financing isn't there, the supply is too great, there are too many delinquent properties that banks just haven't foreclosed on yet, there are too many that banks haven't put on the market, and, in many markets, prices were so far out of line with incomes, it just can't do it again without Option ARMS, etc.It will be a good 10 years before appreciation in most markets exceeds maybe 3 - 5% annually for more than a year or two (there will be short, sharp blips upward but not sustained, IMHO).

I believe that you can make a lot of money working in a business that you are not passionate about, but it is extremely difficult to sustain or scale a business like this.

My thought is this path will generate additional passive income streams that can be a springboard for launching my own business down the road.C) Start my own company now and continue to bight the bullet as Realtor until I get the business (e.g. property management, fix and flip, development) off the ground.My long term goals are to build a rental portfolio that provides $5,000/Month in passive income streams as well as build a sustainable development company focused on urban revitalization. 

There are very few investors on earth that can sustain these growth rates over the course of many years with wealth totals that high.  

Not a socialist/communist country for any sustainable length of time.

Just a simple analysis of sustainable vs. unsustainable.

From a business standpoint, I have analyzed that option to the point of REALLY understanding why property managers do what they do, which reinforces my choice to self-manage.Honestly, the only way that I have found to build a sustainable management business would have to include selling the "extras" above and beyond the percentage of rents collected that is commonly how managers are paid.

It can sustain it.