The brokers work only when they want to and not because they are a hamster on a wheel trying to make a nut.

Add any repairs and it gets worse.I think there may be lower hanging fruit.

I LOVE the house, but we have to move back out towards the country or we will go nuts.

I don’t want to spend all day doing research on the past boom and bust, but the low hanging fruit would be on the Case Shiller index, which reports on 20 cities.  

Most people on the forums thought we were nuts.

Account Closed  your right there is always low hanging fruit.... when I bought my park in Vancouver it was a plum.. rents were 225 a month on average in 24 months I had them to 400... and made a tidy profit selling it... and just like multi  parks are in the same class A B C D etc.. some might be D for age and quality of the MH but it may have been run and managed like the one I bought in Vanouver it would have been an A park if the homes were pit set and newer.. but it had a mix of singles that that dropped it to B and maybe really C on age.. but on management side it WAS A all the way !!

However, I'm still ahead of where I would be had I not bought them at all, waiting to learn every nut and bolt.

These things seem silly- but understanding the nuts and bolts of the whole process will give you tremendous confidence as you begin closing your own deals. 

I know the DC market is a tough nut to crack, but I want to give it a shot by targeting college rental properties to buy and hold for cash flow.  

Most are in your same situation working a JOB trying to make a nut on the side.