Money was expensive over there and at the time, I didn't know how to get hard money to do rehabs. 

For example – looking for secondary and tertiary markets in the Northeast / East Coast and Southeast that meet those criteria I mentioned above.

One simple example, if you take two rooms and rent another 4 rooms, you will have two cars and each of the other tenants will have at least 4 other cars making you house to accomodate 6 cars.

Hi @Damon Diddit I would avoid Newark at all costs. 

@Edwin AlvarezI recommend finding local meetups to attend. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521I have found all of my best connections at local meetups.

Do you already own any properties, or are you just getting started and looking to purchase your first one?

Former teacher here.

And now, that roommate will be moving out soon, and has told me that the main tenant was not cleaning up after himself.

There's actually some deeper nuance here than just the holding period. 

bumping it up in here