Not sure if there is any course of action if the seller didn’t disclose the issue, or put a “unknown condition” to cover their behinds, that you just didn’t catch.

I'm starting later in life, so I feel like I need to play catch up.

If you catch wind of a Starbucks in a gentrifying area first, you win.- Pay attention to days on market for certain homes and see what things are taking longer to sell, even in that hot market.- Talk to your lender, if you have one (if not, get one), about what rates he or she is giving out now and what people are buying.

What are you catching for rent per lot??

It took me a while to catch on too.Result:New buyer has a house with payment they can afford.My private lender has a loan at about 60% LTV with a payment he is happy with.I have my cash back and a cash flow of 600 a month. 

I am also looking (kinda) but cant see this bubble lasting once the real estate market catches up with reality in Chicago. 

I think this year isn’t the right time...I watch “Meet Kevin” (YouTube) and he suggested that there might be a brief drop of prices in the market due to high influx...politics is key of course if people really will loose their houses due to not being able to catch back up. 

Eventually the feds Monopoly money hyper inflation will catch up and bite us though when that happens I’m not sure but it is a matter of time and it may not necessarily drastically affect real estate markets like it will the stock market .

Intel's needs to sell their Fab (they are struggling with 10nm, imagine what will happen with 5nm and 3nm)I don't disagree, but really think they need to find an engineer to run the place for one last effort to catch up. 

The appreciation will catch up and you will create a solid base of rental properties.