Research on Jacksonville neighborhood and investor friendly agent

[Anup Shah]

Hi Folks,

Hope you are having a great weekend. I am looking to explore Jacksonville or surrounding areas. 

Me and my partners have been investing in south of Seattle area and did many buy and holds (BRRRRs) in last couple of years even though it's a competitive market. Now we are looking to expand to out of state and Jacksonville is one of the option I am exploring. Our goal is to have small value add multifamily (around 4-6 units) in B neighborhood which meetgs at least 1.5% rule. What are your thoughts about this? What are the areas where we can find deals that meet above criteria (MLS or off market)? Any existing threads/research which I might have missed on BP or elsewhere?

We are also looking for real estate agent who is investor friendly and can guide (and be patient with us as we will doing a lot of due diligence as this is our first OOS venture). Our goal is to work with someone whom we can trust and have this partnership win-win situation for both over long term.