new invester looking into duplex in san antonio

[Christopher Owens]

Im new to investing and was looking around and got overwhelmed with everything im stationed in Washington state looking to invest in multifamily homes in the san antonio area i would like to live in one side and rent out the other till i'm done with school just wondering what are the areas/zip codes/ streets i should be looking into and which ones should i be avoiding i haven't been to san antonio in 5 years and even then it was for downtown so i don't really know the area that well. 

[Rick Pozos]

You probably need to spend a few days or even a week to get the lay of the land in any city. San Antonio is spread out over most of Bexar (say - BEAR) County which is over 1000sq mi. and has over 2mil people.

I tell people coming to town that they should rent for 6 months. This way they can get around and see what they like or dont like. THEN they can think about buying something.