Investment Criteria

[Jace Mattinson]

I am new to BP and would like to get some advice on the type of investment criteria the more experience investors on here use for buying and holding as well as flipping. I am most interested in buying and holding initially but would like to learn more about flipping. 

[Nathan Emmert]

For me, the main difference between B and C areas is the schools.  You go from average to above average schools in B areas down to slightly below average schools in C areas.  

Income in C areas will be a little lower, there will be a little more crime (though mostly non-violent) and there will be a bit more drug use.  But if you have sub-par schools, I classify it as C straight off personally.

D areas are where the violent crime is higher... more graffiti, much more drugs, gangs, etc.

You can look at everything... but frankly, income, drugs, everything else tends to follow the schools pretty closely.  You can make your life a lot easier by just tracking that one thing.