@Kinnari Pandya depends on what types of properties and corresponding tenants you want to deal with.The Midwest offers lots of affordable opportunities that can cashflow well.

So just go the easiest route and clean them up and correspond to the look with the right paint.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

The scammer either:Claims they work for us and our systems are down forcing them to use their cell phone or claims they are the property owner and have terminated us because we couldn't find a tenant for them.They ask for either half a month or a full month of rent upfront, via Venmo, to schedule a MoveIn, but don't really ask for any documentation.These prospects aren't even in our software systems yet and all the correspondence is via text.

@Chris Rogers higher interest rates have caused most Class A property purchases to NOT cashflow for an approximate 3-5 years.So, many naive investors are chasing Class B, C & D properties to cashflow, WITHOUT fully understanding the scope of the additional risks involved:(Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

Looking at all the previous correspondences I think I'm in the right place.Here is our situation: husband and I sold a property we owned under both of our names through a 1031 and purchased the replacement property under both our names.

@Matthew Wright you're going to have a hard time doing this.Currently, you are bypassing a LOT of regulation requirements by letting the prospects pay the 3rd party directly.If you want to collect Application Fees, you will need to take on all the responsibilities & corresponding liabilities of Fair Credit Reporting Act and Data Privacy regulations. 

@Dock Newell Jr recommend you focus a bit higher than asking which neighborhoods to invest in.Suggest you take some time to understand how the local neighborhoods are ranked by Property Class/tenants and what to expect from them.See below for how we do this in Detroit and use as template (this is a copy & paste):Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

@Luis Lozada many investors borrow against the equity in their primary home, but most forget to include the corresponding payment in their ROI calculations.Also, what are your cashflow goals?

Could be CLass A, but you didn't share what the ARVs are.Most investors finance 75-80% of a purchase or do a cashout refi to BRRR it.Class A properties are almost impossible to cashflow with, especially with +7% mortgage rates.Class B, you're lucky to cashflow these days, but can do it if you buy wisely.Class C is what many investors are focusing on currently as they can cashflow from day 1, even with +7% mortgage rates.The challenge is most investors targeting Class C for cashflow, don't take into account the corresponding lower-class tenants and all their associated challeges.