You can easily get a 60K foot view of a market by studying readily available economic and demographic trends but to really know the ground level nuances you need to spend some time in the market.

Donna Bauer has a great cours that is peanuts compared to what the expensive gurus charge and it will explain notes very well, as does Papersource University Online, good solid low cost education.Buying a performing note at the lowest price you can get it for is a good start on FCI, as they can service it for you and there is little work other than get paid back, unless they stop paying.

You are right, books are a good introduction but nothing beats talking to people and learning from the ground up. 

Can anyone compare and contrast SETH vs USDA?

Tenants may be paying a premium to get free utilities, in which case your rents may be overpriced when compared to other units paying their own utilities.

However, the real estate landscape continues to be strong compared to most major cities in the country.”

Industrial is trading at higher cap rates compared to retail, multifamily,etc.The larger buildings once vacant take longer to re-tenant.For guarantee there are many different levels.1.Parent corp.2.

Hi I recently acquired 3 properties with ground rent. 

Typically, there will be better cash flow with duplexes when compared to SFR's in Lubbock.

., As a property manager those are soft issues to me compared to say, eviction.