It's just a very stable market.

Multifamily is a relatively stable asset class that still delivers high returns.

Fwiw if your looking for a similar market (slightly more expensive depending on area) that I think is more stable and has more upside look on the eastern shore of md.

In the end, good contractors are much to busy for a request like this and so are good handymen, so a handyman who is retired and likes to tinker is your best bet.

I will also have about 5,000 in suspended losses to carryover to 2020.I am planning to retire this year (2020) and will have smaller earned income.

Mine is above 800 but I'm currently self-employed (within two years) without stable income track of record. 

With the seven years I have left until retirement I want to build up a real estate portfolio.

While I'm not technically an investor yet, and am saving for my first house hack, personally I'm just going to continue to save and regardless of where the market is in July of next year find the best deal I can, or if there aren't any near me, ask for a month to month lease while I look because the early termination fee at my current apartment is insane so unless I find a good house for less than 20k in the next 17 months it likely won't be worth it, especially considering the market in Bloomington IN is seems very stable because the appreciation here doesn't seem super crazy after getting out of the downtown area.

Many of our clients are retired and have invested in STRs for income.

Self employed retirement account contributions are an adjustment to QBI.