Novice here - Need your Advice on location and property manager.

[Brad Chatman]

Hi All,  I'm looking to build a rental property portfolio and while searching online for a good location to start my search I came by an article (link below) that had a map function that shows Muskegon Michigan with what looks to be some interesting numbers.  I currently live downtown Chicago and I'm originally from the west side of Michigan (near Muskegon) so I thought this location may be a good spot to dig into and get my first rental property. 

Any thoughts on location selection that you would pick if you were starting on your first rental property like I am?  I have plans to use a property manager to help find investment properties and manage the properties (maintenance, rent collection, getting new tenants, etc...).

Any thoughts/opinions/direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Brad

http://www.housingwire.com/articles/36651-new-repo...