It is still possible but the amount of red tape you the lender/seller have to go through usually makes it cost prohibitive unless you are a big time player.

Lots of players in the county .

I still self manage but I include a management fee of 10% I pay to myself along with my owner's monthly draw from profits.I'm not a big time player, but we're now doing well enough that if I lost my day job, we could live okay.Going forward, I'm looking at moving in more full rehabs in B hoods so we can get cash flow and appreciation. 

You do your area of whatever law I’ll do mine.

Realtors who refuse to use the Internet, Facebook, an iPhone, etc.. these guys are getting swept by tech-savvy agents who dominate the market.

Post 10x more craigslist adds, post marketplace ads on biggerpockets, go to REIAS and collect business cards and look for the real players.

in some areas home prices peaked in the 80s and 90s  think Rochester NY for example or Buffalo.. in some areas real estate seems to make new highs then 10 years later it makes new highs again  think SF bay area , at the end of the day building materials are up land prices even being zero  it cost more to build a home than you can buy an existing one in a huge swath of America so until that changes.. who knows.then in the areas that are slowing but surely turning into rental dominated markets  ( we know which ones those are ) those values will really only move if rents move or investor accept a much smaller return that what they want today which is basically 6 to 10% COC with 20 to 30% down.. 

Higher crime rates seem to be a feature of many towns that are dominated by the military (ex.

Why do we protect investors from themselves, but we don't protect gamblers and lottery players from themselves? 

If NYC has the names/addresses of people - then they stand a greater chance of being penalized.From my understanding - NYC has already been penalizing those that the city has been deeming big players in the airbnb business and mostly let go of the small fish.