My guess would be the market will behave inefficiently for a short time as it reacts to uncertainty from the new White House, and then it will re-stabilize into something fairly similar as what it is today. 

We're in a small town so we ask our bank loan officer who is involved in the community for a CPA reference.

Now, if they don't want to do that for whatever reason and don't have anybody to work with who would do that for you, I'd have to agree with you that they'd better invest at home rather than getting involved in something they don't understand.

There's many other options in real estate such as syndication and note investing depending on your level of involvement. 

I’ve been involved in real estate investing for over 30 years, so if you ever have any questions or need guidance, feel free to reach out.

We are experienced and have never involved anyone in our projects and have never used a loan outside of a conventional mortgage.

I say calculated because we are still within our first year of operations so I wouldn't be able to tell you what the actual average stabilized returns are until I have enough data.  

Prayers to all involved

From day one I treated my involvement in real estate as a real business.This means, I had an advertising budget, a lead generating and follow up process, a back end process and money source and above all an experienced mentor.  

@Dave AllenRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?