I have find people like normal and predictable.

Baltimore has very old housing stock so something like a new furnace or to dig a new drain line out to the street are not uncommon expenses.

As those companies made it easy for individual investors to own stock in company, we're making it easy for investors to invest in Single Family Rentals.

At the bottom of the stock market crash in March 2009 where the DOW reached levels below 7000, the Dollar index soared to 89.

Are door knobs the type of the thing that Habitat for Humanity stores would stock?  

Just looking at your numbers you’re predicting about 50k for the rehab which in my opinion (General contractor for 15 years) you’re looking well over that.

If we can compare stock market to a ferrarri, we can compare real estate to a train. 

There are areas that have been appreciating for a while, it’s always hard to predict appreciation so I am reluctant to say what areas are going up but there are lots of areas that will meet your budget and provide double digit cashflow.  

I predict it happens down the road, and I will listen to that podcast multiple times.

Since this is something that no one can predict in advance, they should be providing you with 3 scenarios: expected case, bad case, good case.