I am worried that my property expenses will leave me in the red because of the current costly housing market.

Unsure how market will play out with elections. 

What would be the return if they put it in the stock market, bonds, syndications, real estate notes, etc.

Columbus, Ohio is a great market to consider if you're leaning towards appreciation.

(Example: investing for long-term capital growth for your kids education in 15 years, you have $200K to play with, you want to be an active investor in a market within 3 hours of you).

Purchase price: $175,000 ARV 300+purchase price 175needs ~40kOff market deal, had to close in 2 days (one business day)

Originally posted by @David Pulley:Asking for Miami Dade County Florida Most states you can not but they can support your marketing and lead generation efforts. 

I'm not in the PA market, but it's always nice to understand the context of the costs provided.

You’ll find deals off market.

I'm an educator, a personal caocher and business advisor and since my kids has grown up 10 years ago I started doing real estae in Israel, where I live.A few years ago we went into some 3rd party investments in the USA, as part of an LLC group of investors- one in Manhattan and one in Atlanta.Based on the experince I have with those market (as well as Newtom MA, where I lived for 3 years) I lately decided to choose Milwaukee as my next market, focusing at the moment on single family houses.I'm looking into 3/2 single familiy houses to buy and will be happy to work with local agents and build a team.