What will effect those house sales will be the overabundance of apartments built, rising interest rates and a new President.

My opinion is that home prices will rise faster in WB than in Pflugerville.

As a Realtor here in our local desert region, I have seen interest rise in mobilehome investments.  

No 5's unless it's a turn around project or lease up where the value is substantially increased so even if interest rates rise a lot the high cash flow still covers it.I like 7 to 10 years because cycles generally happen in asset classes but not generally in 5 year spans.

If anyone out there is interested in walking me through a flip, I've got a couple of things in place that might help myself and someone else profit from flip.(401k loan, long term employment, rising credit score, and other things that might help with loans or other things).

If I hold the mortgage (which is fixed) rents will rise over the long term, while my mortgage amount remains the same.

I have always made my own path in life so like to do my own thing and create.Just like any profession you have to put in your time to start rising to the top and work on the right action steps daily.

Another thing, wages and employment rates are rising.

Generally developers ask for at least 20% down for pre-sale purchases in Vancouver to cover the rising cost of construction.

With those higher values, you also have to pay more, 60-65 cents on the dollar is standard, and the plethora of new new investors the gurus are cranking out have cause the prices to rise, and availability to shrink.