The suburbs are pretty healthy though.

I've recently inherited a very healthy amount of money and I fully intend to use it to jump start my real estate investing career.I am very eager to get started as I feel I've learned a lot, but am ready to learn even more by jumping in and learning by doing.

Leverage to acquire a lot of properties quickly but balance it with having a healthy cash reserves and equity in those properties.

In the end I would suggest looking for a place with a healthy and growing jobs market that has a culture and neighborhood that is sought after by buyers. 

To minimize risk, you should invest in markets that have a healthy growth trend, such as Raleigh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and many more.

If you want to get out intact and mentally healthy you've got to plan with the exit in mind. 

We are able to completely gut to the studs and rebuild in half that time so the lender will have their money back within 6 months (usually) with a healthy return and can reinvest.

Over all, fewer foreclosures are a good sign of a healthy property market.The rate of foreclosures continues to drop; good news for real estate.Key Points:1.

It's also a safe assumption to consider a healthy reserve to cover any maintenance issues or repairs that may occur before you get your reserves built up...$1,000/unit should do it ($500 if they are in great shape). 

There are many many places on the internet where we can discuss elephants and donkeys, and indeed such conversations are healthy, I am in no way discouraging anyone from participating in that free discourse in those readily available venues.