You will find better returns for flips, and cash on cash buy and holds in say PG county, where the non-rehabbed homes sell for considerably cheaper than the rehabbed homes.

I am looking at SFH as well as MFH mainly in the Fort Totten, PG County, Takoma and SE areas and am in the process of getting together a team.

I hear NOVA is a little crazy but would NE/SE DC or Silver Spring / PG County be an ideal location?

of course if it makes you feel better I guess thats OK.. but it is hard to scale up.. lenders will balk at complicated vestings and will look for PG's anyway .... proper insurance is by far your best bet for asset protection. the next is dont be a slum lord.. so i look at 42 years of owning rentals and other more risky type projects IE construction   development etc..

You may want to explore looking a little further north to PG county.  

I finished my PG in 'Strategic Management' from Toronto in 2012 and worked as a financial analyst for few months.

@Derrek Lawson welcome to BPfinding a cash flowing property in the OVERPRICED Baltimore/Washington DC marketplace;Well the DC market could be considered overpriced for good cash flow however that is not necessarily true of PG county or Baltimore.

I often invest in PG County, but recently discovered a new area, Owings Mills, MD.

Need someone who's good at structuring the contracts/agreements and ideally can operate in both DC and Maryland (PG county) but I would take Maryland only to start if need be.

Hey Elizabeth, I'm local to the area and also own a property in PG County.