Also, keep an eye on direct mail campaigns; reaching out to out-of-state owners can yield great results. 

Only the first can be corrected, but us making a mistake and getting anything less than 5 star review is stricly unacceptable in my eyes and my team also has a strong sense of ownership in their position and loyalty to my company.   

Remodeling is not a casual part time hobby.Wishing everyone good luck, keep your eyes and ears open for the scams.PS: I heard this aphorism once: If your in a sales presentation or sales meeting and you cant identify or see who the suckers are...Guess what, there sitting in your chair.

Therefore this post but those numbers (thank you) eye opening.

Any properties catching your eye?

Nice to meet you I'm almost halfway through "The book on rental property investing" by Brandon Turner and it's really open my eyes to real estate! 

Most real estate agents don't know much about what to look for on raw land (and then they call me because I am the one-eyed amongst the blind).

And no matter what, keep an eye on how your financing structure lines up with your exit strategy.Where do you see the biggest risk.. sinking money into improvements or letting the buy back linger too long?

We are so excited to see this through that we generally don't give it too much thought, since we have our eyes on the big picture.We definitely have an affinity for Florida and plan to keep our eyes out with what R2R is doing once we see this through.Again, to others considering this, I can't give a definitive "Yes, this is an investment everyone should make." 

Most owners are local and therefore “hot” money or out of area players are not yet chasing Pittsburgh assets, keeping prices favorable.References United States Census Bureauhttp://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/august/economic-impact-report.htmlMarcus & Millichap 2017 Multifamily Investment Forecast2017 Commercial Real Estate Trends Report by Integra Realty Resourceshttp://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/September-2017/Staying-CMU-All-Eyes-on-Carnegie-Mellons-Future/http://www.nextpittsburgh.com/features/pittsburgh-developments-watch-2017/