The cities are too small, and the sellers in the hot zip codes think their houses are sitting on gold.

I agree SFH are more risky for investors based on your two points, but we are in a prolonged SFH shortage, and homes are the gold standard of rentals so only the best creditworthy people should be renting them. 

Always paid rent on time, never complained, took great care of the house and yard -- They were landlord gold for me.  

(Russia and China are already trying to get away from it as they've bought up gold in bulk for the past 5 years)****Anyway, agree adding speculation probably doesn't help. 

I think you get a LOT more maintenance for not a lot of cashflow, at least for an OOS investor.I think ANY of these rural towns in the midwest can be a gold mine.  

Take a look back at some of the earlier ones even, there is auditory gold there. 

This isn’t 2010 where gold was in the streets, you have to work hard to find the tiniest of profits.  

The book is simple but gold and a quick read

I purchased one in a little town in the Florida panhandle and it has been a gold mine. 

@Mike PaisleyNow is the time to convert your $10k cash into gold.