When investing in college area how far is far ?

[Eric Menjivar]

So this is my 1st post in the forums, I’m more like a reader than a poster if I have a question I like to use the search bar first. I have been browsing the forums for over a year now and collecting as much information as I can. New York is a brutal market specially for a newbie like me. I have been looking at deals and I want to ask the pro’s a question (or a couple of questions rather) I figure if I can get a house close to Hofstra university and Nassau community college which are in between a 5 miles radius this is in Hempstead NY, I can be have more chance to flip them to investor whiling to hold for college students. Now in your opinion how far/close should an investment property should be from college campuses to maximize chances of a good deal?

[Chris Grenzig]

@Eric Menjivar I went to Hofstra I'll tell you where the main streets are. 

West of Hofstra: no further west than Cameron Ave along Hempstead Turnpike. No further south than Front St (maybe just on the opposite side of the street), no further north than Wetsbury Blvd.

South of Hofstra: Anything north of Front Street from Cameron Ave to manor Pkwy (can potentially go on the other side of Front st but maybe only halfway down the block)

East of Hofstra: South of Hempstead Tpke/Glen Curtiss Blvd. Over to the corner of Manor Pkwy/Front Street, and Cunningham/Hempstead Tpke (the streets run at a slant so take those two points and draw a line straight North/South). I sometimes see houses over by Arcadia Ave, but not nearly as many and I wouldn't have rented there unless it was a good deal cheaper.

Graduated in 2014, most students wanted to walk to campus because parking during the day sucked.