The last home I rented before I bought my first home had 2 big diamonds of red mulch at the base of two huge tree surrounded by gravel as the entire front yard.

Otherwise everything will be a shiny diamond, because everyone on here can share their reasoning behind why they think their investment choice is the best choice.

It's a pretty meticulous process to browse through the listings available on Redfin, Zillow, the MLS feed my realtor sends me, etc to find the "diamond in the rough", or at least identify potential candidates for a house hacking investment vs. deals I shouldn't even look at.What makes it more challenging is when there are no or bad pictures, the bedroom/bathroom count doesn't match the count in the description, how the bed/baths are separated (and if there's a way to make a part of the house separate studio), and when I can't identify how large the lot in the back is.

The home was built in 1909 and it’s a diamond in the rough.

I am part of the Black Diamond Facebook, but have not been able to attend the zoom meetings yet. 

Besides here on BP, once people start meeting in person again, you could also consider attending a local networking group like the RI real estate investors group for RI or Black Diamond REI for Mass.

My advice for beginners is to dig for diamonds in your own back yard.

Every place is going to be a shiny diamond with potential. 100k can get you very far in most places outside of major metropolitan areas. start reading more into the forums on out of state and you can see what people are doing in each one.

You make have a diamond in the rough.

I capitalized on a poorly marketed diamond in the rough.