North Carolina Research Triangle Park Real Estate Climate

[Alex Coward]

Greetings BiggerPockets Community,

I hope to be a first time home buyer within the next year.

I'm a recent grad who is single and looking to start my journey into real estate investing. I'm looking for a SFH that I can live in and rent out a couple of bedrooms near a metro area.

The Raleigh  - Durham - Chapel Hill area stood out to me after I visited it a couple of times last year. However, I know it has become increasingly competitive in the past few years.  Does anyone here have any suggestions in terms of neighborhoods to look around or should I expand my search within the state?