It would be great to connect!

I'm in Oregon which basically whips people for being landlords but 99% of your problems are solved by getting good tenants so screen, screen, screen. 

You can get eaten alive in the Baltimore market by people selling you Class D properties "dressed up" as Class B.

I'd love to connect and hear more about your investment goals and criteria.

And there are people that do that out there.  

Learn what people are doing right now in this difficult market and find a way to replicate their success.A lot of people say they are actively investing.

Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another. 

Between now and then, I am committed to learn and connect as much as possible!

Would love to hear people’s suggestions or thoughts. everyone’s so amazing in their responses and I really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful feedback!  

I've seen other people in the forum who simply use independent savings accounts but it is not clear to me if that is legal.