American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella.

I probably should've never wasted time on the war zones earlier in my career, though I'm not complaining(see: Hudson, Buffalo, and Troy, NY.)

I work at the VA hospital in Buffalo and at the time the union forced them to do a locality pay study and found that we were one of the lowest paid nurses in the area so they bumped the pay up quite a bit. 

Buffalo perhaps in NY and Baltimore might be one example.Here the latest from Marcus and Millichap (multi family) for 2017.National Multifamily Index (NMI) Several markets with favorable supply-and-demand balances and momentum in hiring made large moves to ascend to the top spots in the 2017 National Multifamily Index (NMI).Los Angeles advanced 11 places in the Index from one year ago to take the highest position in 2017 behind a forecast for further tightening in vacancy and minimal supply growth.

Upstate NY(rochester, buffalo, syracuse), ohio (dayton)  st.

Apparently there are quite a few Buffalo School district kids enrolled as well.

Hello everyone, I’m in the process of closing my first multi-family property purchase in Buffalo, NY.

thank you for the answers. i have an update on the house. i spoke with the owner. i had her call the lien holder that i found thru my research at county records. the lien holder told her that the account was now in collections thru a place called nationwide collections. she called them. they claim tohave a lien on the property, which i have found nothing. they claim that they will not release the lien until the account is paid in full. they were fine with me buying the property, but i would have to call them to make a deal. i looked up some information on nationwide collections and they seem to be an agency that practices very unethical practices in their collection efforts. it would seem to me that they would have to file a lien with our county court house here in buffalo, ny to have a legal lien on the property. i have found nothing of the sort. the most recent lien i have found is from the lender that filed the lis pendes over 3 1/2 years ago and has done nothing since. this is the case that their lawyers say is closed now. it sounds to me like we have a collection agency that has purchased a note from the lender, and will do just about anything to collect, but does NOT have a lien. i suppose they could tag a lien on the house if they choose to do so, but only if the house was still in the owners name. otherwise, all they have is a note with a persons name on it. can anyone out here in the bigger pockets world clarify this matter for me?

That's in Buffalo? 

400 W Utica st Buffalo NY 14031 - bought it for $140,000 with a rent roll of $1225.