After three weekends' of showing to about 15-20 groups of people, I decided to rent to a couple relocating back to California (credit it 580, lower than my required 650, but with parents as co-signer, parents have good jobs and own a house, and local in town).

And with the five investments we made in good parts of our town, that even if all our efforts in the business didn't pay off, in 20 years we'd still have a nest egg of equity we could fall back on.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Milford.

Purchase price: $115,000

Cash invested: $60,000

Sale price: $235,000

2/1 Single-Family Investment Property

Located...

However if you purchase a unique property with a view, close to town, etc.

Name a town in the general area. 

After that, I can request a CO from the town and then make it easy for me to rent or sell it.

For example, in the town of Manchester there is currently a quadplex for sale on Bissell St.

I go through all my parts obtaining private funding, getting contractors set up (meeting dozens of them to find the right ones), and I’m about to get my civil engineers plans for the addition as well to propose to the town the day after closing.

Purchase price: $112,000 Cash invested: $22,000 Bought this 3-bedroom 1 bath house in a vacation town and moved into it.

@Pete Tarin  you have to keep in mind that an entire town or city won't be a class c/d area, often you have neighborhoods that are better or worse.