Many months of costly vacancy, local market rent & resale deteriation, special assessments, property taxes and maintanance fees suggest a quick sale would have been the wise thing to do 2 years ago.

You’ll likely need to look beyond the city limits (in areas that are still close enough to the city to benefit from its local economic tailwinds) if you want to find deals that pencil out.

If it is your first investment, highly recommend investing locally unless you have people you can trust in those out of state markets. 

I'm going to be taking some time to get to know people in my market as I kind of want to start local in Las Vegas.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

You can check with the Better Business Bureau (BBB), your state’s department of business oversight, or your local real estate community.5.

I got on Facebook and started reaching out to investors on the local real estate page.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

Congratulations on the duplex -My investor clients have acquired several multi-family investment properties locally in the market I operate in Northwest Indiana - Figure out your personal investment objective for the next 4 years and align yourself with the next property that make sense in this current market environment-

Joining ULI/NAIOP in your local city could help too.