I never paint, swap rugs (except flooding), or do other improvements on rent controlled units This can lead to blight.Who benefits from rent control?

Paying off the mortgages negates one of the biggest benefits of investing in real estate, leverage.

You can use bat insulation or spray foam, which has the added benefit of giving you an air-tight seal and also keeps the bugs out. 

(and depreciation & other tax benefits 🙂)

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

The only way to make money in bad neighborhood through LTR is either getting the government benefit or running it as a slumlord.

The last two provide the added benefit of providing you access to liquid cash. 

Even if you don’t have enough equity to buy in all cash, you may still have enough to make a larger down payment, which has its own benefits too.Bottom LineHomeowners have an incredible amount of equity today – and that’s why the share of all-cash buyers is on the rise.

. #3: onshoring base-line manufacturing (a) creates more employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled labor (b) creates more employment opportunities of jobs that elevate and train unskilled too skilled labor  (c) raises base-line wages and benefits via competition for unskilled labor (d) elevates the entire economic chain via more domestic circulation of $ and (e) less exporting of USD #4: stopping illegal immigration defends and protects legal immigration.

Real Estate is definitely a long game and you will see the benefits of it within a few years even if you don't see it right away.