I did get grandfathered in and the area where I bought is in a nice part of town. 

I love the town, but I guess that my point is that it has substantial challenges as a full time local.

Hi all - I posted a similar question on another thread but want to approach it from a different angle.As we know Boston/sorrounding towns is an expensive market and finding cash flow is a challenge.With that said, there's potential in other cities around the country. 

Our target towns are not in the urban centers but more suburban towns with good schools are moderately priced homes for families.

It’s on the rise but you just have to be selective regarding location and try to go for turnkey or keep it minimal regarding rehab  So you don’t have a nightmare story trying to manage a rehab from Out of Town. 

@Kyle Kivinski Pleasure to meet you and welcome to town, brother!

Rent control varies from town to town.

What did you pay in MN and what is it worth now and what town is it in?

At yet another sale there was a brick row house/town house for sale that looked good from the street, but since it was in the middle of the row, to see the back of the house, you had to walk around the block and see the house from the alley, where the entire 3 story brick back wall of the house was laying in the back yard, and there was no back wall standing. 

It's not the best setup nor the best part of town, but you can make it work.