I'm in NY and am sure it probably takes at least a half-century.

Century 21 and Guild Mortgage professionals made this happen against all of the odds.

Use what's been rolling for centuries boss. 

Newark has transformed substantially since the turn of the century, and continues to.

It doesn't need to be the best deal of the century, but my goal is to get started and not get ripped off.

The major issue now, Spring 2019, is that we are ten years out from the great opportunity of the century. 

They are not really investors but speculators.Micheal  its totally apples to Oranges  when i got into this game a century ago or it feels like that.. investors did not buy SFR's per se like they do in droves today.. and from my cheap seats.. all the new construction we build not a single property goes to an investor.. price is the price and you get to the price by cost plus profit and profits are generally 10 to 20% of gross sales prices as your cmpeititon backs into it the same way.its only the last 20 or so years were soup de jour is getting rich only rentals and the easiest way to do that is buy low value SFR.. beginners can t start generally with 2 mil apartment complex.. but they can a 75k SFR.. 

Residential mortgage qualification requirements are just shifting back to where they were before all the loosing in the first decade of the century. 

It is not good to go to your court stating your lease was signed last century(20 century) and you wish to subsidize their housing thinking they can retire in there.

@Cody HarrisI love mid century modern homes.