Just as there are many events in the annals of history where gold outperformed real estate, there are many more where real estate has outperformed gold, and on average the national real estate investment market has outperformed gold historically.Also, one thing a lot of people don't pay attention to: when gold appreciates, it's strongly tied to a devaluation of paper currency.

Yes, CAP rate is often used to value a mobile home park, BUT after talking with a lot of the individual mobile home park owners they pay less attention to that than they do the GRM, Gross Rent Multiplier.I keep a lot of irons in the fire and it helps me stay on top of things. 

We have another biz with a long return plus a long personal return and I gave them both the same careful attention...at the little arrow flags.

With medical liens, though, I have no idea what they might be willing to take.

We've been searching sites like LoopNet, for example, but haven't really found anything that's caught our attention.

Our first ( and only ) purchase was a rowhouse converted into 4 units and needing some attention. 

Pay particular attention to adjoining neighborhoods as they are a sign of which direction your target neighborhoods might be heading in.There really is no substitute for actually driving a city. 

I was raised with the 'be debt free' as much as practical value system and always keep extra funds for whatever emergency that comes up (renters that burn the place down, or just play the no rent/eviction game, or car accidents, or medical situations, whatever).I buy rentals for cash, fix then up and hope to rent most of them forever. 

Hey, I always come across wholesalers who throw away old/ dead leads. You need to think outside the box and maybe you can close them using another creative strategy - win-win - cha-ching!Also, if you hesitate to call ...

There are people who claim an ESA have no medical need and only do it so they can take their pets with them everywhere they go.