I didn't say that someone could not with knowledge invest for market appreciation but I made it 100% clear it is not as easy as you suggest since the poster had no idea.

This observation suggests that more expensive properties with higher income might be more advantageous.

Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

I would suggest a smaller duplex to start with, rent by the room is good if you are priced out of the majority of duplexes but to start, I would suggest buying one in a decent area and get a roommate or 2 on your half of the property @Jake Hughes

However we have had no issues and they are partnered with a lot of cool sites like Marriot, JetBlue Airlines etc. 

We have 3 high-end, luxury properties in Costa Rica that sleep between 20 and 30 people and our care takers cook for them, pick them up from the airports, give them suggestions for excursions, and do everything they can to help our guests have the greatest time possible.We also provide 12-passenger vans as well which are great for the guests to drive around and explore Costa Rica. 

You can identify houses that are for sale that have assumable loans with sites like RoamHomes.

Permitting took longer than expected at the city of Atlanta but the addition of the second story made it longer since arborist and site have to sign off.

I'll keep those in mind while calculating rentals from now on.So I pressume your suggestion is to avoid rentals in NYC, if so where do you think is a good place to start buying up rentals that's close proximity to NY ?

The home must not get too cold.The fourth is to use heat tape, this is pretty amazing stuff but it on;y works down to a certain temp so I would suggest not just relying on heat tape.Fifth, hose bibs are one of the biggest issues because they expose your water line to the outside temps.