Do not buy anywhere if the state or metro populations are static or decreasing.

Mostly I've heard lawyers claim it becomes more of a pain to come after you and decreases the likelihood someone's going to try.For myself it makes more sense to put the properties in my own name and have an umbrella policy in place.

Oftentimes you will see purchase price increase as the age of the property decreases, too.

I'll typically try to do this by calculating appraisal cost in basis points, and finding a way to either decrease the discount points, or increasing the lender credit, accordingly.

When analyzing many of them, one of the things that happens, after refinance, is the cap rate always decreases to a number that seems to low for our market.I am just trying to wrap my head around this concept. 

If your partner is using an auto loan to buy the car, their credit score could decrease but the debt to income ratio doesn't seem to be all that bad.

For some of us in CA, we feel this issue where investment has reached more than 2000 per cent.I prefer to sell when the market is overbought though, currently, some market in CA is signalling huge sell signal (rent /occupancy decreasing while price increases).

Thanks MichaelNot clear on how my investment income decreases my taxes if I cannot claim the expenses from the property.I will be retiring soon without a W2 and will need to see what I need to do establish myself as a real estate professional.  

@Collin H. and @John Underwood great discussion and would love to hear your thoughts on what could potentially cause a decrease in prices wether it be from an increase in supply or something else. 

Renovation is the process of transforming a property to be more attractive to your tenant segment, thereby increasing the rent, decreasing time to rent, and reducing maintenance costs.Eric, this is a straightforward method for consistently selecting properties that will provide the dependable passive income you want.