starting out

[Martin Berkeley]

I am in the research phase before buying my first investment property and plan on keeping my 9 to 5 job. I live in northern Virginia just outside Washington DC. The real-estate market here is very expensive. Am I better off figuring out how to fund an expensive property that is local (and in a market that I know, obviously) or look for less expensive property in other parts of Virginia that are not in the Washington DC metro area (markets that I would need to thoroughly research and deal with travel logistics, etc.)?