However, real estate values (on a national average) have never gone down over a 10-year period. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUSHere is what I do:I live in San Diego, a high-appreciating market with a lot going for it economically and very little cash flow.

Shure, there is blips in variable months but economics is a far slower moving machine, a month is a nano-second in economics time-line.

The appealing aspect here is the ongoing population growth and other economic factors.

Economic downturns can be very destructive and jobs can dry up.

Not all markes would react the same (in relevant) to interest rate and everything, some markets are much more sensitive.So theory all residential would go up in value in any condition may not be true, it's only up in certain market only.What I laid out is talking on economics, which is always an overall generalization.

Landlord / tenant laws are very reasonable, and there is strong economic growth in the local area. 

Unless the building is very well located full renovation of basement units will likely not pay off economically.

My recommendation if you choose to invest out of state is to choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth.

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Have any of you found the same to be true, or are the STRs incredibly profitable and I am just not understanding the economics of STRs?