Where To Flip and How to Comp

[Aidan Alexandre]

Hello! Me and my business partner have recently started an LLC and are looking to invest in fix and flip properties. We are based in NY, mainly looking to invest in the Hudson Valley area. I have been looking towards the Westchester county area, and suburb areas north of Westchester, like the Poughkeepsie area.

For those that are familiar investors in the area, where would you recommend looking to invest as a beginner? 

And for all investors. How do you get good comps with no MLS? I've been experimenting with Zillow and Homes.com to practice analyzing and getting close to accurate comps. But a lot of the time the surrounding houses have been sold quite some time ago, and they are incomparable when trying to use appraisal rules.