These two factors are integral to the "buy & hold" strategy and wealth creation.

ISO- Anyone with experience factoring or securitizing future incentives including lump sum Historic grants, Local Sales tax rebates and Federal Income tax creditsAbbreviated Background - I am redeveloping a historic property.

The biggest factor or problem that I see is that sometimes people don't set their sights high enough, they get lost in the details worrying more about $$$ versus %, or they shoot for an industry versus the product. 

I think you are going to get a wide range of opinions here because ultimately where and how you choose to live/invest can be a very personal decision and vary based on personal values, desired lifestyle, investment strategy, etc.

FEMA 2.0 will factor in the risk of a tsunami into the new coastal rates. 

@Mario Casarez hey Mario, Id agree with @Paul Welden - HomeStyle is a great renovation loan program (and is still available) to jumpstart your BRRR investing, but it really depends on a few factors to determine which loan option is best between Homestyle, 203k, hard money, etc.

Those big blue city refugees bid war fighting each other for houses are going for that perfect picket fence suburban lifestyle, flush with the cash they got selling their big blue city townhome or condo. 

I don't see a lot of 2 bedrooms in Chattanooga getting $1700/mo in rent, especially not places that are bought for $175k, so those aspects of the deal look good.The 1% rule doesn't take into account a lot of factors, such as upcoming CapEx, etc. 

This implies that the price is based on many factors including expected return and expected risk. 

Currently shooting for around the 500k mark as that’s affordable and lands me close to downtown for my preferred lifestyle, if it’s my own condo that I buy first.What would you recommend, buy your own home first or buy a rental (an investment property?)