The problem is for those who are trying to save up money to jump into the market, the combination of slowly rising interest rates and the rapid escalation in home prices are more than outstripping the additional savings. 

citi-data and niche are awesome for onlinelinks to local papers to scan for news--you will get a sense of the general momentumlocally, restaurants and servers deal with the public every day.

Government spending is causing inflation that is very high when you look at it from the point it started rapidly increasing, not just year over year. 

@Steven Wilson400 per door is super dependent on area, sometimes rent does not scale with property value in rapidly appreciating areas where your debt service on the Refi is high relative to your revenue.

Hey Sesha,I currently own properties in Dallas, Tx and rents are growing rapidly within the city.

I'd recommend looking more into the areas that are seeing the rapid appreciation that San Antonio is becoming so notorious for.

I play baseball here and the student population is growing rapidly.

New investor looking for advice pertaining to small apartment buildings (5-10 units) near Grand Rapids, MI.

Heck, most of our typical 200k first time home buyers have just enough for a down payment and don't want to do much beyond paint and carpet (preferably not even that).One can only be hopeful that properties on the edges continue to improve, which leads to gentrification, which is a whole other issue, because everyone wants to live in a nicer neighborhood, but being able to afford it (including higher taxes) is another issue.Local investors understand the challenges and rather buy a 250k duplex than one for 100k, even though prices are going up rapidly here, in February we have seen +14%..

Unless I let the properties fall into disrepair or my personal situation rapidly diminishes.