However, what usually happens is that upon a sale, the appraisal district will artificially inflate value so that you will show closing statement to get the value reduced.

We recently purchased a home in Northeast Austin, Texas in a neighborhood that we thought was on the rise.

I'm sure their assumption was they would buy these, prices would continue to rise and they would sell for a nice gain.

I talked with my wife and we both agreed that with inflation, our 250k in saving account is loosing money. 1.

I have a stable decent job but I'd like to retire before 40 and I think this environment is pretty much a once in a lifetime chance to acquire rentals at such low mortgage rates, especially with a massive inflation wave coming.

Having been investing the last 10 years I can tell you there are several differences.Hardest Part pre crash was finding a deal that made sense as listings had multiple offers inside of 24 hours most timesHardest part post crash is investor financing Easiest Part Pre Crash Investor FinancingEasiest part Post Crash finding a deal Rental Rates are fairly stable if not rising in single family homesQuantity of renters is much higher post crashPre Crash Everyone loved real estatePost Crash everyone hates Real EstateIn the end everything is reverse of where you would think it should beIt pays to go against the grain.For the record I like investing post crash :-)

RE investments are a good hedge against inflationary pressures so if you expect inflation to start creeping upward, you should be in a good shape.

The "hope and change" has been EVERLASTING Hope and a change in unemployment, rising faster that the heat on a Texas summer day.

Be agressive on your rents, especially in this rising market.

In fact right now our occupancy is at 100% on the 8 properties we are currently holding (with paying tenants I might add)Lastly there are a number of great things happening in Pontiac right now:-52 new businesses have gone in downtown with the rise of the Phoenix project-General Motors has a stamping plant and their Powertrain Engineering within the City, and they have their Lake Orion assembly plant within a 10 minute drive.