The most restrictive markets are often the ones with the highest concentrations of wealth.

As a newbe to real estate investing, I see different types of homes (Brick, Frame, etc.) being sold and I am not sure what are the differences between them and which types of homes should I be concentrating my efforts in purchasing.

And then we're going to find George Soros and other concentrations of left-wing power and wealth.

In smaller cities, you need to look at the job base, how many industries are there, and how are the few major employers concentrated in?

The PM names that come up most will be who I concentrate on and vet.

.* Generally have higher gross rent yields (admittedly expenses can be higher due to common utilities and common area mainatenance, offset by economies of scale over time)Once I have 7 or 8 conventionally financed multis (mostly 2 and 3 BR units to avoid transients as much as possible, and to capture large Section 8 allotments), I plan to focus on SFRs for buy-and-hold, using local bank financing.Advantages of SFRs:* Greater rental demand, quicker tenant placement * Longer tenancies typically* Better resale options, including O/O buyers* Tenants pay all utilities, maintains yard* Can rent under lease-option if desired* Less concentration, more diversification* More liquid; if cash needed can sell one houseDoes this seem like a reasonable approach?

I think I will concentrate on what MikeOH said....PICKUP THE PACE.What would you diversify in beyond real estate?

In other words, these are not pools with high concentrations of loans in say Texas (non-judicial proceedings) which drives the pricing up due to shortened foreclosure timeline.  

That said, if you had an general liability policy, errors and omissions policy as well a commercial auto coverage, those would be the coverages to concentrate on.

I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns out.3) Lately, it seems that most of their efforts to expand features are concentrated on adding new profit centers (like their new electronic leasing feature and a new partnership with an inspection software).