I just don't know what to believe or where to get solid,experienced, and trustworthy information anymore.

Without cash and experience and a solid understanding of what your doing "investing" is close to impossible!

That is how I see all of my rentals - I do not much care what they are worth at the moment, all I care about is that my tenants make my mortgage payments, and in 30 years (or 15, depending on the mortgage term) I will have a paid off asset that brings me solid cash flow every month.

You will likely need to be prepared to act quickly, so be sure you have a solid handle on deal analysis.

thank you @Mike Wood I've been told it may have gone up to $400 and its per year.

@Miller Josh hard wood maple!

We have another thing that makes the US the greatest country on earth and that is the freedom to pilot our own machines virtually anywhere anytime in the US.. and you could not get much prettier place in the US to fly than your neck of the woods...

Considering my job was basically to get a property ready for market (clean out/fix, get appliances, full occupancy, etc) I assumed the only SOLID way to get accurate appreciation was physically adding value to the property (renovations, etc.) and increased rents.

Do you have a solid B&H property that you'll say "that's my childs property" ?

After we began repairing and repainting the existing windows, we found that our buyers either didn't care or were excited about the "original" wood windows.