2-4 unit in New England sounds like a solid next step!

I know Andrew Freed runs one of the biggest ones in Worcestor that draws investors from all over New England (https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/andrewf367#0).

We operate primarily in the Southwestern US and New England area.

Tile isn’t as popular in Northern New England.

I think the New England coast will continue to outpace many other metro areas in for job & population growth in the next 10+ years.

In my New England market I’ve been able to source some amounts of cash flow but my appreciation has been phenomenal and the projections for future appreciation keep me from selling to attempt to find better cash flow.

@Larry Nielsen I’m in rural northern New England. $200/month/unit is standard.

Especially at a macro level, people aren't moving to New England, they are moving out.

The problem many of us run into is being in New England, many of the markets are high cost, high appreciation markets that we either can't get pre qualified for, or even after moving out will struggle to cash flow.Another big constraint is that many of us have W-2 jobs in engineering that require some days in the office, and these types of higher paying jobs are primarily in major cities (most of us are in the Boston area).Lastly, a lot of us have significant others that may be less interested in living somewhere "random" because it makes sense as an investment.

One suggestion I was given was to add a clause to your lease that payments are first applied to utilities then rent.Is anyone in Maine / New England doing this type of submetering?