It's an inverse relationship, if rents are going down (remember I am in Houston, good economy) it's because people are going to be buying houses again, which inflates the value of the holdings so we can sell if we need.

If you were around this website back in 2008-2009, you'll remember a lot of posters who were preparing for the apocalype...buying guns and ammo for barter, digging holes in the ground for shelter, stocking up on physcial gold, etc.

If the employer moved to another side of town, the city numbers remain the same.Some neighborhoods expand while others grow older and decline.

Jump in around here and you'll be amazed at how quickly you'll grow!

Definitely jump in and start building relationships, asking questions, and growing!

Post in the forums often, ask questions, answer what you can, and you'll grow quickly!

Looking forward to growing with you in this community.

We had a lot of experience as business people so we were able to look at the traditional way of doing things like property management and a lot of experience with sales and were able to develop processes to grow our business.

Biting more than you can chew is how we grow - you need to get out of your comfort zone, that's one thing.Secondly, buying 4 properties for 100k and selling 3 of them for 135 each would leave you with 1 free and clear.

You will grow your capital and portfolio exponentially faster.