This is an SFH in a very quiet street and I am targeting family who valuate the good school district and may forgive other disadvantages of the house.

Get the names of investors (or their LLCs) that own more than 10 houses and search the county's real property records (not the appraisal district for taxes) under their name and find the bank that filed the deed of trust for their properties.

yes, that sounds about right, but in the $100k ARV range I'm finding it tough to find 80% deals.I try to stay in within 10 miles of my house, I avoid any neighborhoods that have a lot of rentals (which is sort of funny), etc.I'm having to look outside of my preferred neighborhoods/school areas (not school districts, but say in Mesquite, there are certain schools that renters prefer, so I really prefer to buy in the areas that qualify for those schools.Erik Drentlaw yes, that's the idea anyway, I haven't actually gotten myself to "pull the trigger" on any of those deals,,I try to follow my business model closely, and this is something that doesn't "fit"

In some districts, there are zero cases of them occurring.

And faculty are more than 10-1 Dem over Repub.Liberal college administrations see the Federally guaranteed student loans as easy money they can count on always being there and they spend accordingly, just like their counterparts on Congress.

Also, these concens go through plenty of political checks, city councils need to approve, the public housing authority signs off as to the needs not being met, your state representatives have input as to the project does not unfairly compete with for profits in that district, the state economic development folks review the projects and in some places the Governor may sign off.

If you define a A class neighborhood as top school districts, this will be very hard to find in Atlanta.

Agents who sell beds and baths fill the need of Harry Homeowner they may think of location in terms of a school district.

There is very little difference between Roseville and Rocklin except the Rocklin Unified School District has a slightly better reputation, but Roseville is far from bad.

Even if this is your first time in real estate investing, as a resident you will be quite knowledgeable of the good areas and the "low rent" districts.