We are kind of in the wild west, we should be smart enough to know better.

If you need to enter at a lower price point the south end of Old Brooklyn and West Cleveland area are decent C-Class neighborhoods.

I also live in Vancouver and condos outside of Vancouver (Coquitlam, New West, Surrey, etc) are the only ones I'm finding where cash flow would be even a little positive.

Only because Philadelphia is such a "Block by block" city that some "war zones" share the same zip code as A-B rated areas (Example: 19104 Is the Mantua section of West Philadelphia, but is also home to Drexel, and UPenn (Also known as University City)

I am in the process of looking for my first real estate deal in West Michigan (Muskegon/Grand Haven area) and am trying to determine whether a cash-out refi or a HELOC on my primary residence is a better option to fund the deal.

San Diego is very nice so what may seem awful may not be since it's nothing like West Oakland, rural areas of Philly or East LA.

To my Real Estate Investors - I have a client looking for a rental on the west side of Joliet. 2-3 bdrms up to $1,000.

Inevitably my life took me west and I moved to California, to the tahoe area.

I work part-time for a real estate company (Nomadic Real Estate) as a leasing agent and I just passed my VA salesperson exam so I hope to sell real estate in Virginia within the next couple of weeks.Within the next 4 years, I would like to generate enough passive income so that I can save for my future family.The ultimate goal is to generate enough money to be able to start and sustain a social entrepreneurship business to help schools in West Africa.On Bigger Pockets, it would be great if I could network with like-minded individuals.Francis

Its in the West Forest park neighborhood.