I want to graduate college with a concentration in real estate also.

Properties are located in a beautiful region of the Catskill Mountains, several within one mile of the Delaware River.Properties are located in three townships: Callicoon, Delaware and Fremont.Properties are concentrated in the southern tier of New York State in and around the Marcellus Shale, the largest shale plate in the US, often called the “Saudi Arabia of natural gas."

I would target a neighborhood that is big enough for you to concentrate on that one area - get really really great at one square mile, for example.I would spend enough time in the neighborhoods to determine where I wanted to live and where there is the best opportunity for appreciation and clustering properties.  

I like to concentrate more on electrical and plumbing being the stuff that keeps you up at night!

As it sounds like you are a relatively new investor, I would highly recommend that you concentrate on your local area.

Or maybe if you make a lot of money you need to concentrate on saving and maybe doing extra work on the side to build up, say 20% to 30%, of the cost of property in your target area.Hope this helps!

I am very familiar with Westchester, and I have recently been concentrating in the surrounding areas and Connecticut with regards to real estate.

A lot of folks start out in this business on a shoestring and concentrate their capital on marketing.

I also feel that if it is going to be an REI business, you should not do the rehab yourself - I did most of my first rehab myself and found my leads dried up because I was not concentrating on the business but on the rehab work.

Too many rentals in a concentrated area of single family homes becomes an issue of "external obsolescence" it is less desirable for owners.