Good mixture of travelers for the hospital systems, university, state workers and employers like GM.

In order to get started just make sure you have high enough W2 or self employed income that you can qualify for the monthly mortgage plus savings for the down payment and closing cost.

Here are several. this is just a small sample size but this does not mean its everywhere etc. but definitely seeing a lot of fix and flip loans in default getting sold.

Since Friday I have been mostly occupied with trying to help my old employer get crucial services back up and running in Asheville.

Investment Info: Multi-family residential buy & hold investment located a 20-mile drive or 25-minute ferry ride from downtown Boston in the beach town of Hull, Massachusetts, also known as Nantasket Beach.Purchase price: $550,000 in 2016Cash invested: $137,500 from 1031 exchange (75% mortgage)A 14-unit property on a corner lot, and it includes an adjacent lot as well (10,000 sq ft total lot size, double the town median lot size), giving an exceptionally large patio, yard, parking areas front and back, and a storage shed.

Anyone know which brand is the most cost effective and how much it may cost for that size ?

Thanks everyone,Anthony As person who manages (with a decent sized team) over 400 units in 4 states, I would highly recommend you handing off to a property manager. 

Absent that, the big differences will be which forms you report the income, your ability to deduct business expenses against the income, and applicability of self-employment taxes. 

I compared size, amenities, whether or not a property was rehabbed, parking, and location.

Lubbock has a low barrier to entry and has several backup economic drivers by being the primary hub (agriculture, financial, healthcare, material goods, transportation, entertainment) for an area the size of most states east of the Mississippi.