The market is tough here.

While I might be new to this particular market, my roots in real estate run with a history of commercial real estate investments in India.Currently, I have my sights set on the Hartford market.

The entire premise of this plan relies on the appraised value of a duplex, and how much $150k gets you in your market.

I'm just not finding anything available or currently on the market that I would want to live in myself.

Right now, I am thinking of turnkey out-of-state if the market continues at this pace because property taxes are so high in El Paso and rent growth has not increased with prices. 

You want to confirm your expected income.After checking the leases and seeing what the current rents are, I’d also compare them to market rents and see how much time is left on the tenants' leases.

You won't find anything worth while in this area that's listed you'll need to connect with wholesalers to find off market deals or do marketing to find them yourself.

In today's market, many office landlords would much rather walk away from their properties and take a loss than fight to attract tenants and avoid foreclosure.

(I have no stake in this other than I just read this section in the book, and this is not some kind of marketing ploy by me.)

Booking.com is definitely gaining some market share as of late.