There is a 26% tax credit when solar panels are installed this year, but that credit goes down to 22% next year, and goes away completely after that unless legislation changes soon. 

@Joel Case I totally understand where you're coming from and I have the same internal debate of a few paid off properties or multiple properties with mortgages.

Having had this internal/mental plan to buy real estate, hold onto it, and let it cashflow/appreciate has always made perfect sense to us, but to see this internal thinking become an external reality is the ultimate confirmation that this works.

The risk that the profitability would not continue is greater than average….could be for any number of reasons, such as a local market based on oil prices, a smaller city reliant on a single major employer, an area reliant on a military installation, the possibility of the property incurring internal obsolescence due to changing technology, competing property currently being developed.   

I want to purchase lists from ListSource.com to look at some small multifamily in the US and invest internationally.

We had two different guest parties plus a third room that always had a long-term guest (normally a travel nurse or intern here for 1-3 months) so it was a busy year! 

Even if a recession hits, people have been couped up in their homes for two plus years and traveling internationally is expensive right now.

Streamline your analysis system - put together an initial spreadsheet that lets you quickly plug and play, I've furthered the speed of this by adding in some lightweight VBA, a "clear" button, that lets you plug and play to run analysis fast - finding your ways to speed up your own internal process is important. 3.

Ok, so I found a local bank that has an internal private fund for the area. 

To start your company with no money, provide shares of equity to each member, and find willing and capable interns.