Several others have made great observations about non-relatives under one roof and increased expenses when renting to college students.  

A couple of friends of mine have been doing the real estate game for a while and after observing for too long, I am ready to dive in.

I’ve recently had the opportunity to observe the rehab process by partially funding a local investors project, and eagerly look forward to doing my first solo deal.

My observation and prediction are only for entertaining purposes.

Not saying those locations meets your other requirements but just offering observations about RE.

I happens with married people just the same in my observation.

Good evening all,I'm a newbie here so take this for what its worth but I have a question about the Marketplace forum. Is it me being a new investor or are the deals (rehab and "turnkey") posted in the Marketplace a bu...

My favorite chart is always the historic inflation adjusted home prices.Here are some observations I made on another post...First, notice that every RE decline has needed less of an interest rate hike as a catalyst (1980/8%, 1990/2%, 2008/1%).

If you want students you have to be showing in Jan/Feb for the fall, at least that's what I observed.  

The lawyer they interviewed was a Texan, but I'm sure the principles apply the same here even if the nuances and technicalities differ.I will observe that many of the more extreme asset protection strategies described by the lawyer will not work if your buy and hold properties are financed using traditional mortgage financing.