So you're thinking of investing in cash flow real estate. On the nightly news, it seems like the housing market continues to experience ups and downs, and you're uncertain about how to proceed. So what exactly is the current state of the housing market?

When we speak with real estate investors today who want to buy investment property in Memphis, they are almost always attracted to the concept of positive monthly cash flow and rarely look at other signature pluses of real estate such as appreciation, equity and almost never depreciation.  The last one is one of those terms and concepts that comes across as so technical that many fail to realize exactly how crucial and beneficial it can be!