Better State To Start: New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania

[Zachary Moore]

Hello Bigger Pockets community.

I am at the beginning of my (hopefully) long and fruitful journey into real estate investing. I plan on focusing on single family rentals for the purpose of generating cash flow.

I live in Queens and was wondering if anyone here also lives in the area and had insight into which state would be best to start exploring for my first SFR: New York, New Jersey, Or Pennsylvania. I have heard that different states have different laws regarding tenant rights vs. landlord rights.

Or am I over thinking this and the reality is I need to simply find a solid local SFR and start the process regardless of the state?

Thank you Bigger Pockets Community!

Zach

[Basit Siddiqi]

@Zachary Moore

Welcome to Biggerpockets!

There are many members from NYC on this forum. Feel free to message some directly to build your network.
There are also many local real estate networking events in the city, feel free to join a couple and see where people from NYC are investing in.

In reality, you will find that people in NYC invest everywhere.
Some only invest in NYC, some only invest in NJ, some only invest in PA, some invest in all 3 states.

Regarding your tenant/landlord question, PA likely has the best landlord friendly laws from the 3 states selected.