Not the best of economy over there.

http://www.wave3.com/2019/02/04/fischer-announces-...Founders hope solutions submitted to the contest will help build a more inclusive and creative economy, and decrease the number of evictions per day in Louisville.Louisville has double the national average in evictions, but that is inflated by certain pockets. 

My point is, often the best angle in REI is to position your units to outcompete in housing gluts, down economies, etc. 90% of people around here will always have a job, and so with a small rent reduction the house will still be competitive.

Losing 1 company that calls the city home will not cripple the Indianapolis economy.3.

We have found you can almost completely rehab a unit for 15k if you have an economy of scale of ten homes or more. 

I am driving the economy for the government!

While you cannot predict the future, you can still be informed where the economy is headed and whether there is another turmoil coming our way. 2. buy and hold/rent - I would agree with most here that I don't bake it in on cash flow.

They have been doing more and more each time to make the economy better, but in the end it is all just bought with debt that future generations will somehow have to pay for or suffer the consequences.

I bought a killer Wolf range in 2006 then the economy crashed I had it in my Hanger until 5 years ago.. it apprecaited over 10k during that time.. and it works perfect.  

But if the economy slides into recession next year, the Fed would very likely lower rates, so an ARM could supply extra cushion against lower-than-expected rent increases in subsequent years.