Mark Bascetta sorry, just saw this. i grew up in CT and just moved to texas 2 years ago. i live in houston. to be totally honest, i like the numbers in new britain better than houston. however, houston is exploding with growth and CT is not. as you can imagine, the massive growth down here does not yield cheap properties. i’ve had success in CT and plan to continue that.

We both create massive value (him more dollar wise lol) but only I can physically feel that value.  

I don't have a massive reserve of cash so the less I have to put down the better in case something unexpected comes up which it does 99% of the time.

I tried to find a buyer or realtor to refer it to, but it had boarded up windows, a massive hole in the floor and one in the roof not much smaller and nobody local wanted to sell it.

Albany has some of rust belt feel but is buffetted by proximity to NYC and State Capitol status. 

I could have written a book about how good an investment that silver is, during the massive run-up in the 1970s, and for that moment in time, the book would have been entirely accurate. 

Warren Buffet (he's good at investing), Donald Trump...

If the cash flowing assets are D class neighborhoods, the asset may have very low value and the cash flow may come with massive problems and headaches.

Run that same scenario but on a rental that nets $100 a month instead of -$100 a month over 30 years and see just how massive the difference can be.So yes, i see what you're saying about it being a feasible investment.

If rent control/just cause was magically repealed in the Bay Area, there would be a massive over-supply of rentals available because every below market tenant would get served eviction papers.