They are the last thing that rises in price and the first thing that falls.  

It also depends on which strategy you are working on and the dollar amounts. lastly, volume is a consideration as well.

Does anyone take in consideration weather/natural disasters when investing out of state (ie tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes etc)  or is it "I have insurance who cares" mentality? 

Apartment needs basic renovation. 75sqm. 5 mins walk to the beach and very close to new luxury high rises.

Not surprisingly, the average days on market was considerable...

Not to mention I've never heard of a condo HOA that has lowered a monthly assessment so it will be a rising cost over the long term.

Glad to know my market of SoFla is on the rise... although, due to the lack of good deals, it's pretty much common knowledge down here.

But insurance premiums are rising inevitably every single year and soon enough cash value is used to pay those premiums.

Send me the address and I'll give you my take.We don't know what the market is going to do we don't know what's going to happen with inflation but one bad outcome for you would be if you sell it at the wrong time and property value start to go up in a few years with rising inflation.

The redemption homeowners are experiencing is a rise in home values.