@Drew SygitOh, I forgot to ask - any free tool recommendations for determining the various classes of neighborhoods in different regions?

Instead of tying up your retirement funds, tapping into financing specifically designed for real estate investors can keep your portfolio diversified and your retirement intact.Leveraging your 401(k) is your personal decision, but framing it within the broader context of balancing risk, liquidity, and opportunity cost can clarify whether it’s the best tool for your goals.

So many tools and resources at your fingertips in these forums, podcasts, and tools.Jared

You're 100% correct, as always.

I don't think the police officer was correct. 

Not to find deals on the MLS but to potentially use the MLS as a tool to sell your deals.

This is an old thread that was revived with the recent reply, and re-reading it now, I want to correct a couple things. 

Real estate is not the stock market and it's called buy & hold and not buy & sell for a reason.I did sell a few properties about 10 years ago when I learned the hard way that going into cheaper neighborhoods was not the right strategy for me, so that was basically a strategy correction and it was necessary, but also costly both in terms of dollars and time.

@Nicholas L.Unfortunately James I am not convinced you are correct.  

You have to go with what works for you but please be sure your software or research tools are not erroneously bending into what you wanted to result to be.