It makes sense that adding a second bath to a 4 bed home will make it much more desirable to a group of renters, but I think only comparable sales and rentals can give you a quantitative estimate.

Stroudsburg is fine but it's a much smaller city compared to the other areas listed above. 

They operate like a broker (lots of outlets, which means more programs than a bank and often lower rates), but they are the direct lender (which makes them a bit easier to work with and more predictable/reliable compared to a broker). 

Well, unless one gets behind.Advantage of stocks is less to think about, I could probably just setup an auto-transfer each month and that's it.Curious what other considerations you might make when comparing the two.

Specifically: "Under Florida law, Citizens may write a new insurance policy only for property that meets one of the following eligibility criteria: Coverage is not available from a Florida-authorized insurance companyPremiums for coverage from Florida-authorized insurance companies are more than 15 percent higher than the premiums for comparable coverage from Citizens"The entire state has the potential for sinkholes due to our geology (limestone is not our friend). 

With regards to tenants I guess that’s the risk we all have to take, I might be wrong but I’m guessing in places like lowell where the rent is cheaper the quality of the tenet maybe more unpredictable compared to closer to Boston, what do you think?

1) economic status is stable ... nothing too dramatic pending one way or the other 2) market in pierce county healthy ... more inventory than king ( Seattle )3) most of Tacoma’s suburbs seem much closer in proximity to the city as compared to Seattle ... there are a few areas that will be lower in price ( and not as desired ) 4) 

The market is at decent price right now(compare to other major US), but getting higher every year. 

A few thoughts on that point: It seems to me that selling when your properties are high inherently increases the risk in terms of where you are in the cycle and how your timing turns out upon redeployment (higher risk, higher reward, I suppose...). 

Returns don’t seem to be as good as a rental property - What are you comparing this to?