I use a mixture of both.

If you are in a Class C area you have a mixture of owner occupied & tenant occupied. 

Offer a mixture of 20/15/10 units. 

Columbus is more of a college town with less suburbs as it is a planned city that grew out of corn fields.

One explanation I was given was that the current grout you find in stores is a different mixture than it used to be.

This property is a mixture of attached town homes and detached homes (all on an acre of land on "main street" in a historic area which is being revitalized).

I am currently focusing on Texas in particular.I am looking to invest in cities with the following considerations:- Solid B / B+ zip codes- Warm climate but no danger zones - Densely populated areas- Mixture of both blue and white collar population - Continued job growth- Population growth - Hot rental market with many renters vs buyers - Low vacancy ratesPlease educate me on zip codes I should look at, what average rent rates are for 1 & 2 bedrooms, and what I should expect to pay per door.

I'm corn fused.

(obviously have to take in to account maintenance items)I have some private lenders on board and already some properties in my portfolio so I'm doing a mixture of flipping to my other investors and paying off debts to get stuff free and clear.

Sophisticated investors looking for an efficient and diversified real estate portion of their portfolio will have a mixture of higher risk - higher return deals and also lower risk-lower return deals.