Hello all,I’m a new investor and will be taking a job with the port of Baltimore in October.Are there any counties or zip codes in the counties surrounding Baltimore city that you would recommend looking in for long term buy and hold?

Here are some details: - 12 units - ten 1-bedrooms, two 2-bedrooms - Covered parking garage- Asphalt driveway Capital improvements made recently:- Window replacement (summer of 2014)- New roof on main building & Car Port (summer 2018) - Replacement of entire driveway and uncovered parking- Gutters Replaced with Commercial Gutters - New concrete in courtyards between car ports and building - installed cameras with 10-day DVR loop Post LOI, we plan to do a full inspection to check on HVAC systems, but we want to still put in an informed offer and ensure the property is still worthwhile with a budget for CapEx built into our projections. 

@Aaron Port what’s your current DTI?

I nearly had a drinking problem.In fact I remember 1929 Ports for about $1 a 6oz glass & French Champagne ran about $3.50 a bottle plus our dining room meals were basically free.

Here's what we've thought of doing (not real estate related though): Raising small-medium livestock, farming herbs and veggies, building a grow house to farm year round, growing microgreens (currently testing), raising chickens (currently doing), starting a u-pick farm (currently considering), building the property out for farm/homestead tours (this is coordinated year round by our county)...Obviously none of these are real estate related, but just ways we though to utilize the land.

PS I went to high school in Port Orange. 

I currently have a few buy and holds in Statesboro but looking to get my first rental property in the rincon, port wentworth, pooler or Savannah area.

As you are a dual citizen, you'll need to include the sale on both your AU and US tax returns and follow the relevant rules by country on whether you get a main residence exemption. 

Does anyone have experience with extending a one car garage to a two car tandem garage or adding a car port for a second car?

Hey Daniel, I’m located in Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda.