All Forum Posts by: Joye Bounthavy

@Michelle Lutz Are these meet ups a monthly thing? I'm trying to move to KS, MO in the following months and would love to attend these meeting.

Thanks @Kim Tucker that's very useful. I'm moving to KC in the next month or so and am also looking for places to invest which I've been using @Chris Dawson post to help.. which is this btw

Chris Dawson Licensed Broker from Kansas City, KS

posted over 1 year ago

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One of the questions I get asked a lot by investors who want to invest in Kansas City is, "What zip codes are good to invest in?". Any seasoned investor will tell you that this depends on several factors such as: amount of money to invest, type of tenants, level of risk, and investment strategy.

In an effort to help those who are not familiar with Kansas City but are interested or looking into investing in Kansas City, I have put together a very general overview of the zip codes in and around Kansas City, MO. These are all on the Missouri side, not the Kansas side.

Keep in mind, this is a general overview meant to help guide those who are not familiar with Kansas City. There can be good investments in areas I have labeled bad and there could be bad investments in areas that I have labeled good.

Here is the list:

Highest risk, highest crime, highest turnover areas:

64130 – listed in 2009 as the “murder factory” of Kansas City - avoid

64129 - avoid

64128 - avoid

64127 - avoid

64126 – avoid

Historic NE areas:

64124 – both good and bad areas for renting

64123 – both good and bad areas for renting

KC Downtown:

64106 – mostly commercial & condos – great area for rentals and flips

64108 – mostly commercial & condos – great area for rentals and flips

Midtown:

64109 – both good and bad areas for rentals

64110 – both good and bad areas for rentals

Westport/Plaza/Waldo/Brookside area:

64111 – great area for rentals and flips

64112 – great area for rentals and flips

64113 – great area for rentals and flips

64114 – great area for rentals and flips

South KC/Grandview/Raytown area:

64030 – mostly good rental area

64134 – mostly good rental area

64136 – mostly good rental area

64139 – mostly good rental area

64138 – mostly good rental area

Lee’s summit Area:

64081 – great area for rentals and flips

64082 – great area for rentals and flips

Blue Springs Area:

64015 – good area for rentals and flips

64014 – good area for rentals and flips

Independence Area:

64052 – mostly bad rental area

64053 – mostly bad rental area

64055 – mostly good rental area

64050 – mostly good rental area

64056 – mostly good rental area

64057 – mostly good rental area

North of the River Areas:

64116 – mostly good rental area

64117 – mostly good rental area

64118 – good rental area

64119 – good rental area

64151 – great area for rentals and flips

64152 – great area for rentals and flips

64153 – great area for rentals and flips

64154 – great area for rentals and flips

64155 – great area for rentals and flips

64157 – great area for rentals and flips

64158 – great area for rentals and flips

64068 – great area for rentals and flips

I hope this can help some of you new investors and maybe some seasoned investors as well.

I'm on my phone so I'm not sure how to reference lol

What's happening guys!

I'm a beginner investor from Miami and I'm planning to invest in multifamily property in Georgia. Want to connect with other investors and agents so let me know what's up! Mainly looking into Savannah but any insight to the Georgia market is cool too. Hope to hear from you guys!

Hey everyone,

Loving this site, everyone is really helpful and there is so much useful information given by BP members. Anyways, down to the nitty-gritty.

I'm pretty new to the real estate investing game and I have a lot to learn but I'm trying to dive in head first so here is what I've done so far.

1. Got a pre-approval from Quicken Loans for $200k with a VA loan.

2. Have a Real Estate Agent that has given me access to the MLS.

3. Looked at (Driven by) houses all over Miami (Homestead, Little Haiti, Liberty City, Miami Gardens, Hollywood, Kendall, Miami Lakes). I've also done the analysis on some of the houses and I barely break even.

The problems come at that step. I can't find a house that fits the criteria given by the VA loan (basically livable), that fits the price range, meets the analysis of at least cash flowing $100/property and isn't in the hood. I wouldn't mind living in a ghetto neighborhood but I understand it will be hard to find good tenants willing to live there. I'm trying to get a move on so I can start my investing career!

My short term goal is to purchase a property for buy and hold purposes and to house hack that property for about a year while buying other properties. The thing is that I'm stuck and it seems almost impossible to find the right place here. I'm thinking about moving to another state and buying a property there. The States I've been thinking about is Colorado, Georgia, or the Carolina's but I'm open to hear what other places are good for a newbie like me. Do you guys have any suggestions on where to move or do you think I should just stay here and keep pushing through?

TL;DR I'm a new investor and I'm debating on moving out of Miami and finding a State to start my career. Also willing to stay in Florida. Any suggestions? Thank you all.

Hey all,

My name is Joye (Correct spelling) and I've been getting interesting in real estate for the past few months but I recently just found BP and have been lurking through the forums for as much information I can get since I'm already starting to jump into real estate.

A little about me. I'm 22 years old working in the Air Force Reserves (Hoping to get a civilian job soon with the police department). I enjoy outdoor activities and just got a 1981 CB750f that I'm working on. Hoping to learn as much as I can from the forums and from all BP members.

Thanks for reading and hope to get to meet and learn from you guy/gals!