In an economic downturn, one of the first areas to get hit is leisure/travel spending for consumers and business travel.

Is now still a good time to purchase investment property given where we are in the economic cycle?

His COC ROI is only going to be about 5% the first year, but that home should climb in value around $10k each year (25% ROI on leveraged equity increase ($10k/$40k.))Hope that stimulates some thoughts.

They do market spotlights, economic outlooks, investment strategy and niches.

However it should be more economical then my fourplexes and triplexes. 

Economic stats look good.Check out http://www.aanahq.org/resources/Documents/HuntsvilleMarketReview2018.pdfThat's why we are buying 458 units in Huntsville.

The thread is titled:Estimating vacation rentals revenue during an economic downturnFor convenience, here is the text of my post:I have been in the area and involved, but not as an owner.

Special allocations are permissible so long as they have “substantial economic effect.”

Hi, i purchased a two family house in Queens NY in 1987 for 260,000even thought the house should be paid for, i took another mortgage and i still owe 250,000, the house is worth 950,000 nowi lived in the house for 7 years and i have been renting it up to nowi am in a bad economic situation and it is almost time for me to retire, i would like to sell the house but if i do i have to pay a lot in taxesi am planning to move back to the house for two years so that i wont pay so muchPlease any advice you can give me will be really appreciated.Olgui

But the tenant is very sensitive to olfactory stimulations apparently.