I would suggest right outside Houston: Spring, Katy, Humble, Pasadena, Friendswood, Cypress I am buying my first multi in Old town Katy, because it is way less volatile than Houston but close enough for folks to drive out there.I would consider Baytown right now, there is $500M going into steelworks soon and all the labor force is going to need somewhere to live.

The above mix should be able to withdraw passively 4.5 -5% annually because the assets are uncorrelated and have less volatility than just stocks and bonds alone.

Completely understood that this is a higher volatility investment than buying a nice 3/1 in Richfield/SLP/Bloomington and it would require the investor to be aggressive in bank negotiations, tolerate longer vacancies and/or higher maintenance/legal expenses, but the potential return seems to cover the additional risk.As an aside - I don't disagree with you about the potential risks at all, just trying to identify some potentially creative niches in the market.

I've seen a lot of unit owners, that are just tired of the volatility of ownership, so when they have to refinance they think what's the point, I'll just rent and not have to deal with this.

I will PM you@Johnny Aloha by market stability- you mean price volatility, vacancy rates, or both?

Stocks are too volatile and aren't as easy or safe to leverage.

I think that it would be a good idea to invest in buy n hold properties there as oppose to Miami where the market is volatile.

However the entry price is both high & volatile with many micro / macro influences involved.

I never want 100 shares of stock in a market this volatile.

REIT’s can pay monthly dividend as they are required to pay about 90% of there profits to shareholders each year for tax purposes. you desire and you can super charge your monthly income and reduce your volatility and risk with selling options.