Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

For me if someone has a negative review I typically consider something else, if its positive then I would continue to do my own research but do not really go off of others.

@AJ Smith keep sharing so others learn options that lead to success!

Tons of competition here and I have a lot of success finding leads via Zillow, apartments.com, and Facebook marketplace.

You're just paying for leads.

Like @Michael Quarles and @Kristin Flores-Brockman are saying here.Occasionally there are investors who acquired an investment property with the intent to hold and put renters in, but find some unexpected negative catalysts that will impact their ability to rent it out.

Check out my Google reviews and look at the negative ones.

A good agent can not only point out things you might not notice/know to look for in the experience, but also should help lead you to strategic advantages.

The areas I'm searching now for properties are serving all three audiences well, so my next step is going to be looking for inroads to the corporate people who lead the relocation set up / contracts so as to be their Property-of-Choice. ;-)Many thanks!

Over the past three years, I’ve been using most of the major off-market techniques.One standout method has always been pulling data and feeding it into a call center to generate off-market leads.