I haven't delved into the details yet but I have it on my radar for this week's landlord tasks. :)

Many of these books you and others recommend are probably motivational/inspirational (I.e Think and Grow Rich, or 10x growth) and meant to give us a 💪🏾 mental strength that will get us through the trials and help with blocking out negative Nancy’s, boosting us into the realm of the successful thinkers.My question is how do YOU protect YOUR energy 🔋 from negative family/friends, harassers, haters, and just general bad vibes?

@Nick B.If I am understanding this correctly, then CoC is what we are receiving (in rent) in comparison to the purchase price and the ROI includes the CoC plus the equity growth of the property hence the Capital Gains?

There has been incredibly strong job growth here since the last recession and there is a great diversity of jobs, as well.

Question for you, did you also do the book keeping yourself or did you outsource that task?

Hello fellow BP members,I have been interested in Real Estate for some time now and I have this mindset that pulling my first RE purchase would be a herculean task until I stumbled upon BP.

Look at markets with positive Job, rent and Population growth as well as low unemployment.

If you're into rehab work, you'll be able to broaden your scope on a lot of properties.Other areas that I have heard were interesting is San Antonio, Kansas City, Phoenix, Dallas, and Little Rock.You'll want to look at job growth, appreciation, cash flow, average DOM, would be some indicators to look for.It's going to be difficult in a competitive market to buy on a loan because you'll be against a lot of cash offers.

@Tim Jones also interested in tracking vs recession - following both national GDP growth and unemployment growth numbers. 

It's political leadership like this that will undo the 25 years of economic growth in the City of Philadelphia.