anyway, the forums you'll want to look for are local forums that your local rei club runs, or a chamber of commerce or other businesses that might help you.

That being said, Norristown is not quite a "gem" yet, maybe more of a coal that has been put in a pressure chamber and is bound to shape up.

Keela Chambers - Have you spent any time reading the hundreds of thousands of posts on our forums or the thousands of free articles on our BiggerPockets Blog?

Let me know what you think.As a matter of information, smoking/vaping is prohibited inside our rental units.If you decide that the apartment would meet your needs and wish to proceed with the application process, a “deposit to hold” binder equal to a month’s rent would need to be collected at that time.

Join your local Chamber of Commerce group and attend the mixers to network with people. 

@Tony StancatoYou should be able to get actuals on taxes, insurance, utilities, with a few phone calls (or on the internet) and you can also get area vacancy rates from the local chamber of commerce. 

Not just SEO, Google Ads, etc but getting your site managers out into the community meeting apartment leasing agents, moving companies, Chambers, etc. 

Absolutely @Tony Goodwin First, surround yourself around people in the business at your local REIA, meet ups, chamber of commerce, auction steps, the nearest McDonalds or common restaurant right after the auction because thats where investors go to discuss their successes and failures, etc and MEET these people to build your network.

@Alfath Ahmed you can stop copying/pasting these chamber of commerce stats about Columbus.

You can just talk to a local real estate Agent, or you can talk to the Chamber of Commerc, or you can use the local Craigslist to find out about what you are interested in.