Scouting an area to Invest

[Colleen Brooks]

Hello, my boyfriend and I will be looking at two multifamily properties in the Northeast PA area about an hour from where we live. It is a quaint little town but I have noticed that there are a lot of for sale signs in this town and one of the multifamilies has been sitting for 600 days and the other for a little over 4 months. They are both listed in the $140K range but the one that is sitting longer needs more work. What is the best way to find out about an area before we start investing?