Would you advocate to buy in an area with stronger historic appreciation?

Read below:Beginning investors need to STOP believing all the fluff about rental investing, especially with the overheated real estate market trending to historic norms.

Rates are at historic low and I can't imagine the rate would go below 3%.

A few towns that have been historically very friendly to STRs: Black Mountain, Fletcher, Fairview, Mills River, Hendersonville*, Swannanoa, Clyde, Waynesville, Candler, Canton**, Mars Hill, Weaverville, Maggie Valley, Brevard, to name a few. 

I do not consider owning residential RE to be passive but can produce great ROI (we historically achieved the infinite ROI because we extracted all of our investment).  

Springfield has a lot of duplexes, but it’s a historical neighborhood so there are certain criteria the homes must meet if you choose to live in that neighborhood.  

You are NOT correct for everyone though.Beginning investors need to STOP believing all the fluff about rental investing, especially with the overheated real estate market trending to historic norms.

Not only because Bigger Pockets is dedicated to real estate, but historically speaking, real estate has just always had a general trend of going up.

I dont know if I qualify as someone to give advice as I am so new at this but having tried with varying degrees of success stock market investing and ...well 8% ROI is the historical returns, so my target was 12% cash on cash returns for however much money I put in the deal (1% a month) going in.

Keeping historical evidence of the property in check is really great.