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Matthew Charron
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Palm Bay, FL
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Deciding which area to invest

Matthew Charron
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Palm Bay, FL
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Hello All,

I am currently starting to search for my first Buy and Hold property. This morning I was looking at different counties in MA and RI near my location, but more specifically I was looking at school systems rated 6-10 (using Zillow). The questions that have come to mind from this is.... How do I decide where to invest? Should I look deeper into the towns with the best school systems to see if there are parts I should and shouldn't shop in? Should I get an analysis on population and crime and all those things on a number of these towns? Or should I just pick one town and stick with it to get to know it in an out? Is it possible and lucrative to only invest in a single town or should I spread out the portfolio? I look forward to hearing what you have to say and thank you in advance for your input!

Matt

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