I learned about the city over time and began my out-of-state investing journey.Whatever market you choose, be sure to nail down your buy box.

Lots of cities have restrictions..Arlington limits to a fairly small area of town, Ft.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

My suggestion is to study first the numbers / cities / markets and once you know your zones / cities of interest, look for people who can help you locally.

If you need some connections, I run the most active group of small landlords in the city and have a network of connections that you could potentially leverage.

I live in the Milwaukee area and want to get started investing locally but eventually want to branch out into other cities and states.

I do feel like Haverhill is much in the "path of progress" than comparable areas like Lowell and Lawrence, so it's a city on my radar for sure.

I tried one in Oregon on a 120 door parcel I had over in Lincoln city..

The only solution I see is connecting them to city sewer which won't work 95% of the time. 

Even the main city of Malaga, who was considered a backwater city just 10 years ago has become very popular and is now turning itself in a little Silicon Valley and banking center.