I lived in neighboring town of Poughkeepsie called Town of Lloyd - Highland, NY 12528 for more than 19 years its a nice and safe neighborhood with good school district, worlds largest walk-way over Hudson river, lots of trails, golf, biking, scenic drives with good hospitals in 5 miles radius namely: Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center, MidHudson Regional Hospital, Saint Francis Medical, Health Quest Home Care and others...The latest addition which is getting constructed is The Village in Highland, NY - Assisted living facility.

. - Areas such as Tillamook county Oregon divided their cities into sections with the number of permits in each city or region Capped at a certain number.

Honestly you’re not gonna cash flow pretty much anywhere in the region and to be honest you can “house hack” a rental basically you could rent a room in a house, the biggest reason to buy is over time, the appreciation plus locked in payment looks better over time, frankly that time horizon is about 5 years on average right now, if you expect to be in the region for the next 5+ years buy something I’d probably prioritize buying something your comfortable in for the medium term than “cash flow” which your not gonna find regardless with these rates. 

In addition to that, I check for criminal background and evictions through the local source for that region.

And if you are in a flood zone or earthquake region and decide to cover for those the percentages need to be higher as well. 

For your four plex with mostly steps up and down, especially in a region with long winter/wet seasons, I would recommend considering a durable and waterproof option such as luxury vinyl plank flooring.

Pete and Tampa region!

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I have access to my local credit union and small regional bank as well.Any advice would be appreciated.Thanks,Hillary 

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