.- If you hold a rental until death, you can pass it on with a stepped-up cost basis, limiting captial gains if then sold (limited by inheritance tax limitations).Too many newbies on this site trying to replace their day job income via "passive" real estate investing w/o digging deep enough to understand how it really works.

Not many people dig too deep on the actual requirements so kudos to you.

Depending on the salaries of the new jobs they may also price out the local residents on new home sales which would further drive up the price.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence wholesale investment.

Purchase price: $100,000

Sale price: $147,000

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Unless you're buying it at a deep discount, no $280k home rents for $2,500.

Thank you for taking the time to do a deep dive. 2% home appreciation was also a fairly low estimate, it looks like in that area it is actually around 5-6%.

Conveniently located in Bryan TX, within walking distance to A&M Bus stop and a short 5 minutes drive to College Station, home to the largest university in the state, Texas A&M.

I find a lot of investors do basic analysis and don’t dig deep enough.

Once you are familiar with what a good investment looks like, then you can create a rule of thumb to help you analyze property faster and only dig deep on the ones that look promising.Here's a guide that describes what good cash flow looks like and how to analyze a property.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rental-property-cash-flow...

You'd need some deep pockets and the nerves to take on something in range of ~$65m in R.E. acquisitions.