There are lots of MA investors, and you can meet a bunch of them at our Black Diamond event tonight in Waltham, url in my signature, it is free.

For a flipper it makes sense to look for the diamond in the ton of coal.

We have had a lot of success BRRR-ing in C-Class neighborhoods, it's a bit more work, but we've been able to pick up some really great deals, renovate them, and then find great tenants as our properties really are the only diamonds in these lower-income areas so there is always tons of interest and we are able to sort through and select top tier renters. 

Once you've done the reasearch, presented and had shot down several deals by us "gray hairs" and have truly stumbled onto a "unpolished diamond" you'll know it.At that point you'll have the money, the skills and the aptitude to "walk the talk".

I run a large group called Black Diamond which alternates between Waltham and Worcester, our last meeting had 106 attendees. 

I host a group in Waltham and Worcester with a high percentage of seasoned investors, which is meeting next Tuesday, you are most welcome to attend:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/320373-black-diamond-worcester-ma-6-21-from-frenzy-to-formality

I was looking through Detroit Land Bank properties and noticed this typical Detroit Style Home going for as little as $1,000 in some areas.Look at the other pic of what someone did in another city with a similar style house and imagine what a D-town home would look like all fixed up like that.Imagine a whole street of fixed up homes, it's called Gentrification.And with a few homes in sight of each other fixed up, if the trend catches on the prices on the delapitated old shacks starts going up, and so does the price of the fixed up home.Some of these homes (not all of them) for the right person, could be diamonds in the rough.If you consider yourself poor, you could learn fixups from youtube, and buy the materials as money allowed (vs looking for grants or trying to get loans), and if you are willing to put in the labor....and put up with the danger of the area...a gentrified home could be the outcome. 

I would highly recommend the Black Diamond event that is about 20 mins. outside of the city in Waltham.

The Black Diamond events that @Ann Bellamy hosts in Waltham (2nd location in Worcester) are also great.There is also a REIA in Boston and if you want to travel a little farther there are quite a few things south of the city and some stuff in NH.Besides that keep listening to the podcasts here and reading the articles, blogs and forums and you will learn a lot.

Typically this would not be my ideal location however it truly is a diamond in the rough...part of town.