JonIn Connecticut you really want to stick to C plus to b neighborhoods.

If you can visit, that's great, even if it's just to get a general lay-of-the land.Understand what your goals are and what property classes you're targeting (A/B/C neighborhoods).

In your case though, I've heard of people in Denver proper with duplexes who parter with LTR tenants (you could put them in the basement) who will co-host with you and be able to get a STR permit since it's their primary residence and you can work out a profit split for the STR or some kind of reduced rent for your LTR in exchange for helping you and you being able to keep the STR runningJust a creative idea I wanted to toss out as a potential plan B or plan C!

@Elias AzoRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

Sell and if you want to do storage, go further out and do a B/C/D location.d. 

@Bryan Melendez you're just one of thousands of investors that:1) Were chasing Class A rentals from 2012-2020, before their values exceeded their pre Great Recession highs and they wouldbnt casflow at purchase anymore.2) That started chasing Class B rentals in 2020-2022 because of #1 above.3) Started chasing Class C rentals in 2022 when Class B rental prices AND higher mortgage rates also got too high to cashflow at purchase.4) Are now chasing Section 8 tenants as the cure-all for Class C tenant performance issues, so their Class C properties ACTUALLY cashflow.

My particular program is to only invest in class A in residential (I do b, c and even d in commercial), charge the tenant the high end of the scale, and fix immediately anything he wants that’s even semi reasonable.  

That call is a) not really a cold call because they received my letter b) I'm not going for the hard sell...i'm just "following up".

@Allen Zhu @Bradley BuxtonRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

Typically 15% to 20% over the A-B contract price.