St Louis location research

[Nathan Dehn]

How do you research specific neighborhoods in a large city? 

How do you know whether the neighborhood is on the upswing or tending downward in property value? 

[Lance Ray]

There is no better way than by seeing with your own eyes. Certainly, if you are on out of town investor, you are looking at numbers and comps and trusting a local. What you cannot see from a spreadsheet or from Google are the neighborhood and adjacent streets. Take a ride at different hours of the day and night to get a good feel.