IMO, you have a competitive advantage if you get going sooner than later-- building your brand as the 'property guy' with your network, who will more than likely remain in the TC will set you up with a sustainable potential tenant base after graduation.Happy to be of counsel, feel free to ping me with any questions!

If you want to build a sustainable real estate investment business, marketing is key.

I think you should measure each property by at least the following criteria:• Located in an area likely to appreciate over time• Sustained profitability  • Real estate investor friendly taxes and legislationLocationThe old adage that the three most important things in real estate are location, location, location is still true but areas change.

Before I answer your question (as best I can), know that I believe you should only buy properties that generate a sustained positive cash flow and are located in an area likely to appreciate over time.

By day (and often night) I work for an incredible New York based fast-moving consumer goods company, I travel the country with one mission, growing our brands and creating long-term sustainable growth.  

Which means building this company into something that is much bigger than supplying my family with a good sustainable income.  

Also there are many home sellers that are pricing their homes competitively (turn key condition), but it seems that the majority in my area over price their homes thinking that the market will continue to rise significantly which I feel isn't sustainable.  

REALISTIC on going maintenances  I see some pretty low numbers that IMO are not sustainable  but if you do better great.3. vacancy factor for a 5 year holding period... renters in the cash flow markets tend to average about 18 months... 4. tax's ( need to check this out carefully as if the home was lost by a homeowner and bought by a TK company the tax's may still be in homeowner exemption and the following year your tax's could go up substantially..

What will happen if these apartments can't sustain themselves?

Will the returns of today be sustainable?