And it can go the other way I have an option on 105 acres in the Silicon forest for 5.5 million,  I paid 250k for the option and 125k a year for last 6 years .. with no income with the thought the property would come into the urban growth boundary in about 10 years... when brought in it would be worth about 300 to 400 k an acre or 30 to 40 million.. well the state of Oregon through back room politics moved us out of the urban reserve  ( we were already in and damn near spending our huge gains) and they moved us out... now we are in rural reserve can't touch it for 50 years...

I think books like this will be the new darling of the liberal professors ( taking the place of books like Nickled & Dimed)  as our society is being told that no matter how many bad decisions you make including but not limited to failure to get the right education or job skills...having kids before you can afford them etc...housing is a RIGHT and an entitlement and at a price they think they should pay...it can't hurt to read a book like this to understand the changes that may be coming...might make an investor want to consider other options than buy and hold...forewarned is forearmed

most everyone that calls just RUSHES right into 'what's the address' and 'when can i see it'.nowadays, most dont even introduce themself over the phone nor seem to want to divulge any info related to their household (perhaps thats normal for urban areas?)

While Section 8, or "Housing Choice Vouchers" are a Federal program coming out if the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Counties and Cities (over 50,000 population) are free to set their own rules, as long as they don't violate Federal guidelines.

Converting people from a "poor" mindset to one of "contributing member of society" is a process.  

Each REIA hosts an assortment of different real estate related events, and they also provide listings for properties.Lastly, I would take a look at the Urban Land Institute.

This strategy is the Real Estate version of the perpetual motion machine in Physics, or perhaps a better analogy the "urban con game", 3 cups and a ping pong ball.

Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

Makes you think...We are increasingly living in a society that has jettisoned all idea of personal responsibility. 

It comes from the threshold that had been set originally at 20% by the United States National Housing Act of 1937.By 1968 the Housing and Urban Development Act raised the 'rent threshold' to 25 percent of family income.