I just posted in another forum you can get cash flow and appreciation in columbus and I posted a few charts that show appreciation in columbus vs Cleveland (actually a downtrend in the last bit) 

I recently did a study abroad in Japan last year and am sure that you can make a killing in the Japanese market due to the decreased yen value and the lower apartment building costs and real estate as a whole compared to the States.

Run it by  your preferred lender, but believe last I checked that was a options.

Last summer I was at about 50% occupancy when I should have been closer to 80-90%. 

That only lasted 3 years.

We were lucky to help 3 veterans last year with their first home purchase using a VA loan.

The last approach is the NOI approach which is the most common way investors buy multifamily.

Last year, a few months after purchasing my primary residence, I took the leap and bought my first flip.While leverage knowledge from books, podcasts, talking to peers at meetups, Facebook groups, I connected with a great contractor, real estate agents, and subcontractors.

My business partner and I bought our first investment property (4-Plex) last year.

Lastly, even if the "on market" prices for rental properties are really high in the area you want to invest, who said that you have to limit yourself to only "on market" properties?