As an investment, your report card is a mixture of risk, return, and time commitment.

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.

Pass the pop corn Nick...I saw the same thing coming