New construction of homes will continue to decline, squeezing supply even further, and this will compress caps and place upward pressure on rents coming out of the storm.

No cap and trade, no more fake stimulous bills, no bribes for the health care.

We need more information:- What is market value and market cap rates?

In the limited reading I've done thus far, the authors touch on this subject in only the most general terms -- i.e. to evaluate a market, one should consider population growth, economic conditions, infrastructure, average cap rates, housing supply and demand, etc.

Shingles and everything associated with the roof like flashing, vents, tar paper, nails and ridge cap.

I had a recent discussion with one of my funders who talked about their variable rate multifamily loans currently at about 3.70% and a lifetime CAP of 6.30% To answer your first question above, nothing beats cashflow - get your occupancy up and your rents at or above market without neglecting maintenance and repairs.

You can make money just about anywhere, but in the rust belt, you seem to get a lot more bang for the buck.

They are all rented out with annual leases, and the cap rates are fabulous.

Are there any BPers here that specialize in fixing/updating homes for rental, filling it with a tenant, and [i]then selling the home as an investment property based on cashflow and cap rate?

Place in LLC, sell equity at a 10 cap, value of LLC is $240,000.