We have found you can almost completely rehab a unit for 15k if you have an economy of scale of ten homes or more. 

I am driving the economy for the government!

While you cannot predict the future, you can still be informed where the economy is headed and whether there is another turmoil coming our way. 2. buy and hold/rent - I would agree with most here that I don't bake it in on cash flow.

They have been doing more and more each time to make the economy better, but in the end it is all just bought with debt that future generations will somehow have to pay for or suffer the consequences.

I bought a killer Wolf range in 2006 then the economy crashed I had it in my Hanger until 5 years ago.. it apprecaited over 10k during that time.. and it works perfect.  

But if the economy slides into recession next year, the Fed would very likely lower rates, so an ARM could supply extra cushion against lower-than-expected rent increases in subsequent years.

This drawdown will likely cause a deflationary effect and bring larger home values down over the next decade providing some buying opportunities for the high end market.If you study unfunded pension liabilities, corporate, and consumer debt, you'll quickly see that the economy has been spending it's future and is about to pay the price; a few say that we'll likely see a deleveraging economy.

The strong economy is obviously fantastic, but the damage to our wetlands and the flooding acceleration due to development has been tremendous.

We found that unless you are managing at least 2,000-3,000 doors, there are not enough economies of scale in place to do things really well.  

As market and economies change, so do wages, costs of goods, maybe even TARIFFS, and so forth.