Hi Andrew, glad to have you in the forums, there are plenty of good conversations happening on here especially for out of state long term renting.

The reason to have comparables is if you are representing someone or perhaps purchasing a house for yourself to live in.

My name is Montse, I’m originally from Spain, and I currently live in the Netherlands.

I live in California (Central Coast) and have built a 12-door portfolio in Detroit, which has been a great market for both cash flow and long-term potential.Detroit still offers properties well below the $150k mark, with strong rent-to-price ratios and a market that’s seeing growth in key areas.

Maybe I should have clarified, like I said I posted on here before about this tenant, they both lived there husband left months ago just her there, he left all his stuff, she left most of her stuff, my 14 day notice I gave her ended on 31st of Jan, she told me she was out, husband wants to get stuff and throw out /clean out what's there that's why the dumpster, I just want to know if I can change locks or should I leave it till they remove there stuff, I was going to post a 15 day get your belongings out or I will disgard notice on the door.

China as a low cost producer is past- they have aged and standard of living out.  

People need place to live, I and my investors need to safeguard my investment.

CT isn't cheap so if you plan on doing it there you are going to surprised at how poorly you do. maybe in the suburbs I'm not sure but as much as I know people call us from CT and everyone is rich and has lots of money and things are expensive out there. build to rent is a great model. we build 3 story walk up infill and keep it to the residential side. 3 units is the most units before it's commercial and you need engineering, etc. check comparable and things liek that. we came up with this design a year ago and we sold 10 if you want to talk further please DM me happy to connect. there are some great build to rent conferences. we went vertical not horizontal with it to save on build costs and design to fit on any infill lot. this fits on a 3500 square foot lot. most lots in our area are 30x120 or 30x150. in miami where I live now they are 50x100 or so. but any infill lot we can pretty much get this one on. there are some great build to rent conferences coming up too that if you like this topic I'd recommend attending I'm sure you'd learn a lot.  

I'd highly recommend house hacking in your local market since you're in one of the highest cost of living areas in the US, especially if you're renting currently and planning on staying in the area for 5-10 years.It sounds sexy to go out and invest out of state for your first property.

In Florida where I live that amount is the first $50,000 for a married couple are exempt.So to put all that into action, let's say the previous owner paid $100,000 for the property 20 years ago and lived in the property.