My wife and I are in Stillwater and have house hacked for a number of years as well as flipped and own mixed use buildings in Western Wi.

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And finding a home that needs a good renovation and mixing it with these other strategies really helps.As far as areas go, easier to cashflow on the outer suburbs of Raleigh and on the Durham side of the triangle.

I'm also considering Halethorpe because it's a good commuter location.Some people really like supporting the city in which case , northeast Baltimore would seem to the best place to buy a single family, in my opinion given the taxes situation and given that none of those areas are walkable I’d rather just be in the county and pay Lower taxes, and it’s not like northeast Baltimore is much that much cheaper than Baltimore county, hathorpe is mixed, arbutus is nice, I hate the housing stock there, would rather be in Catonsville if I was considering western Baltimore county. 

You are particularly interested in short-term and long-term rentals, promising ROI, and locations with a mix of affordability and growth opportunities.Being willing to move and live in a part of a 1-4 unit property will help you get better financing, for sure, and require less down.

I have mixed results. 

BRRRR or flips or a mix of both?

Swimming pool filled with wooden marbles, and here I come and I throw 3 steel marbles inside the pool and mix it up real good.Then I will tell you this: "Your mission is to find me the 3 steel balls".Now this is what you all are doing.You plant your butt next to the pool with your legs in the wooden marbles, you pick one bacll, inspect it, is it a steel ball?

With the exception of some small markets in the Southeast, places like Cleveland are the only major metro areas where a regular investor can find cash-flowing assets with a mix of appreciation. 

Though I have purchased some with a mix where 330+ days a year, people parked in the driveway and the street except when there were snow bans, but there was enough room to fit everyone in the driveway/parking lot, and that was a hassle to deal with some days.