I also have some rentals in the Springfield, TN and Russellville, KY areas.

Hi Everybody! My name is Jack, I am 35, married, and a father to a 3 year old son and a 1 year old daughter. I am an IT support engineer for a big company in Arlington, VA. I graduated from VCU back in '07 with a degr...

Reside in the house for a year, rent out the entire house after a year and apply for another loan to buy a townhouse in Alexandria or Springfield.

If it is in Minneapolis, it will have a MUCH different set of variables than if it was, say in Springfield, MN.  

Looking for property management in the Springfield, IL. 

There is actually a meeting tonight for the Springfield area group that I will be going to.

I've got a couple portfolio contacts here in Springfield, but I'm not sure that would help you in Farmington.I think Stephanie P has a good suggestion of looking for a local lender with a portfolio product.

Anyway, we did market research, settled on two areas of MA (Springfield and Worcester) and started putting together our team.

Even Springfield seems to have some promising opportunities. 

I occasionally had to hire crews to cleanup as it's part of the business.My niece's husband is a contractor up in Springfield MA where I had rentals for a while.