If you want to hold something long term, then places with jobs and nowhere to build will tend to be better.There may be places like that in Florida, too, but Brooklyn is something that you know will be worth more in 20 years.Places in Florida have a good future also, but depending on where you are it'll go up and down.So I would look at what you can get in Florida, taking into account all costs first. 

., by "return OF capital" I mean exactly that...getting their investment back, which, oddly enough, can be defined in more than one way.I tend to define return OF capital in such a way as the investor is receiving a capital distribution of their initial investment through either a sale or refinance. 

I always favored the idea of "home" classes or online, but I tend to feel like I'm missing out on something.

If someone has unresolved issues all the time then they have a constant problem relationship.People tend to talk to family members about their troubles and that is usually the wrong solution.

Please post your thoughts on the following quote:"At a recent conference, rising inequality, new technology that replaces jobs, or neuroscience, or other new developments that could be disruptive to our way of life were discussed.Consumer confidence indices tend to focus mostly on the next six months to a year, as if that dominated people's thought.

Students tend to be harder on properties, pack themselves in, and turnover will usually be higher.

And the chance of you being to find another deal and close right after the refi goes thru are slim to none.Deals tend to come in bunches and then you have gaps where there is nothing.

Communities that tend to have higher tax rates are Heritage Lake, Centex Summerhouse at the Lake, and Audie Murphy Ranch.  

A lot of new investors struggle with understanding valuations and tend to do what I call "throwing around numbers." 

Real estate tends to go in an 18-year cycle with notable exceptions being World Wars and Currency Crisis.