How close to your properties do you prefer to be

[Adam Craig]

I am not a flipper. I am not looking for massive cash flow. I want to buy SFH homes in B and C class neighborhoods in the cities that have the best chance for appreciation.

I live in an Eastern suburb of Cleveland. Cleveland sucks, the inner east side is the ghetto, and the outer eastern suburbs are flat at best.

All the growth is On the West and South/West side of Cleveland.

Its only about 45-60min drive to some of the growing areas. Is this a reasonable market to try and get into? Or would I be better off investing in my own county so that I am close to my properties. Am I over-thinking inflation?

Below shows the growth map

http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2010/06/find_2009_population_estimates.html