Some people say buy the location and it doesn't matter the cash flow because appreciation.

@Tip MallickI think there is an international forum but not that many people invest internationally here and probably even less in Thailand anyway.It depends on your objectives (we all have different ones) but didn't you already answer your own question?

There is a TON of need to long term rentals in Tahoe, but a lot of people here can't afford really expensive rentals.

I am retired and working on career #2 and 2 of 3 of our kids have left for college - our oldest is headed to UConn for her PhD (6 years) and instead of paying to rent, our thoughts are to do a version of a house hack with buying a house/condo and renting out one to two rooms to offset the costs of her rent.

They transact quietly.3) Similar to above, I know of a few people that have been asked directly by their lender if they have interest in taking over a nearby property for just the loan amount.

Or is it more due to the stereotypes around people on Section 8/the other tenants are paying a considerably lower amount every month?

(with conservative assumptions on annual appreciation - 2%, and annual rent increase - 1%, as well as 5% vacancy/maintenance).I see so many people say they only go for properties with at least 15% cash on cash returns, which seems extremely difficult in this market

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@Ali Harris, this is probably my favorite part of real estate investing: seeing the potential in a property that isn't readily apparent to most other people, and then executing a plan to bring your vision to life - so cool to hear you're exploring this!