Quote from @Simon Walker: Hi Guys, new here to the bigger pockets forum, I have been in construction for 11 years and real estate the past 3 years.

Philly has a ton of opportunity, but since you are new to the area, I would suggest waiting six months before you buy anything there so you can really understand the block construction of the area.

This was my first investment property and I had a poor inspector who missed all the electrical and even though the roof had about 5 years left my insurance company made me do that.

@Rosmery ThenMy partner and I are in the same situation, just he has 20 years of construction and development experience.

It depends on the property.... is it value add where there's also a construction component or merely a management improvement opportunity?

I work for a portfolio lender as their point person for construction loans, and now I'm trying to grow the division.

I'm in Spartanburg and starting some new construction projects.

The Suburban markets with New construction offering decent builder buy-down rates 5s %, and selling completed inventory homes to investors is an opportunity we’re pointing investors to, as well as Duplexes outside the city, that’s where we’re finding some of the best options to get closest to positive cashflow with 20/25% down.

I am very interested in real estate investing and flipping (I have a decent amount of construction experience) I was wondering what some good resources are to look at when evaluating a property, especially in the Dayton / Cincinnati area.  

Any constructive criticism is appreciated.