Comparing a $500 air ticket purchase with a purchase of $100K-$500K piece of real estate is plain silly.

But you'd have to figure those repair costs into your acquisition numbers.CapEx would be determined by completing the routine inspections on the property so you know what the current status is on major ticket items.

I have to catch a flight to Dallas to try and purchase some apts today.

Yes I could spend some time researching but thought this might be of interest to the community.It always amazes me how most of the pictures I run across for houses / cars / big ticket items people want to sell are just not good.

People use them because they are inexpensive and generate good leads but those who do (and are intelligent) also implement strategies to avoid getting ticketed or fined when they use them in areas where the fines will be enforced.

We had 17 flights total, but the food was great as expected and she enjoyed it, so all in all it was good.

I can tell you that you can buy a gorgeous apartment on the Costa del Sol here in Spain (a very international area, and direct flights SFO to Malaga) for under $200,000 any day of the week.

We used them a few times for minor repairs but never got the 'big ticket' item repair.

Perhaps Realtor.com's 2018 National Housing Forecast can help you narrow down your search:https://research.realtor.com/2018-national-housing...If you're a less experienced investor, I generally recommend staying close to home... somewhere within a 2 hour drive or a 2 hour flight.

@Eric James  actually going the other way probably retire from flying myself around started in late 70s  have not dented anything .. only scared the be jesus out of myself a hand full of times.. there is a reason pilots have to retire at 60 to 65... its a young mans game.also all these new on demand jet ride shares are looking pretty cool.. once I decide what and where I am going I do have the jet smarter app and when I get to Vegas I may start using that.. its pretty economical really. if you use it once a month its no more expensive than what I do now which is buy a first class ticket..