If you want some input on what to do after identifying your market, feel free to reach out – I’ve been coaching new investors for a while and am happy to help you however I can.

@Shay YaoYou're on the right track by identifying specific areas, but expanding your search could help you find the best deal.

But to date, I've just set my rents at a rate that accounts for me having to pay the water bill - and informed the residents that each year I'll increase the rent based upon my expenses (including water), so keeping the bill down helps me to help them.But one problem this could cause is if increasing the rent to cover the water bill then places your rent above the market rate.

Hello Gagan, Some important tools and resources I incorporate into my business to help finding deals is to network with local investors.

Where I have seen AI or other tools help is with the initial data entry process, so one can spend their time analyzing and modeling the data (vs. keying in data).

What im hoping to gain from this group is knowledge i cant find anywhere else, i hope to meet people that i can help and people that can help me, I hope i can form good friendships on here, and i hope to find my first rental.

If you have any questions feel free to reach out I can help clear any confusion or help look at the comparisons.  

That said, it would be hard to determine if this is a move that will help or hurt you with such little information. 

i bet there are lots of other investors in Virginia in your same position - you just need to find 3-5 of them to do this.hope this helps - happy to help furtheri used to live in Northern Virginia and still have a rental property there 

Happy to network and help/mentor any way possible!