The trends are much more powerful than who is president and interest rates policies.  

I am still quite overwhelmed with all the information and members on bigger pockets but I do know that it is a step in the right direction.

You guys really give me hope, I wish my husband and I can be a power couple like you guys. 

This is the power of understanding more sophisticated Financial calculations.It's exactly why I tell Investors that you cannot just use CoC.If you learned IRR really well and can put together the kind of analysis that I just did, you can invest in any market and compare all kinds of Investments, not only Real Estate, but every kind of investment because they will all have an IRR analysis.I am hoping this thread will get some attention, but I'm afraid it won't.Here is the one with NEGATIVE Cashflow but still returns a 6% IRR.It's amazing what Investments can open up once you have a FULL understanding of all the Calculations.It's also only Math.

I'm sure there are people who have had positive experiences with USREEB or any other "turnkey" provider - all power to them - but regardless of whoever you choose, do your research on the company, the people, and the product before spending your hard-earned cash. 

The potential to both diversify broadly and own institutional real estate can be very powerful.

We have seen a lot of investment in downtown with the Power & Light District and River Market.

Like darker planks for not showing dirt, but sometimes it overwhelms the room of too dark.Since I have a 110 year old farmhouse as a VRBO, how flat (not level) is the subfloor? 

I would love to do that myself, and I think old building conversions are some of the coolest projects in town, but I am focussing on other areas because the overwhelming amount of risk and the difficulty lining up financing.However, love the energy -- Keep us posted as to your research progress!

And this is for a couple reasons.Currently interest rates are low, this increases your buying power.