Best Plan of Attack for Choosing Location

[Andre Crabb]

Hey BP! Quick question for you guys with experience out there :)

What would you guys recommend on how to start looking for my first deal? What is a good plan of attack? I live in CA so I'm looking out of state, and am leaning towards 4-plexes. Before I start learning a specific market and analyzing deals, does it make sense to:

1) choose a location, based on my price max/downpayment choose the type of property, find deals

or 2) choose the type of property, choose my price max/downpayment amount, find a location that has good deals for that type, find deals there

or 3) choose the type of property and my price max/downpayment, find deals wherever, choose the location that has the best deals/cash flow

Cheers,

André