If you ever end up looking to find investment properties in northern, eastern or middle of CT, feel free to reach out.  

im curious about rei clubs and their advntages for newbies. im thinking about joining the landlord's association of eastern Jackson county and wondering if there are any members here on bp. thanks

I did have about three meetups for people in eastern Prince William County in Montclair at a local library.

You'll probably have to look further out in eastern Contra Costa,  You might also try the tri valley area. 

Looking at 11 unit in Eastern Washington, major value add and cash flow for a smaller entry point.

Ive read on one forum in BP about a landlord renting her unit on AirBnB and some crazy eastern european hackers squatted in her place.

While I'd like to stay as close to (but not within) seattle as possible,   I've been window shopping as far away as central and eastern washington,   but I haven't decided if I want a larger but relatively distant (still in washington) property or a smaller one within an hour or two round trip.IMO given the point in the RE market in seattle/puget sound area we are right now,  its really important to look for a property with potential to cash flow pretty quickly (wont be likely on day 1) with realistic rent increases that won't make the evening news  (almost everything on the market is being sold at a price based on proforma rents considerably increased from what they currently are it seems)  and I always seem to go for properties with some kind of upside via upgrades/renovations/expansion/redevelopment potential.  

East side of redline in moco, route 1 pg county. and if thats too expensive i like the eastern shore of md. would stay far away from baltimore espically bmore city outside of a class areas.

Illinois, where one in every 1,926 housing units had a foreclosure filing, had the highest August foreclosure rate among all states, followed by Delaware (one in every 2,387), South Carolina (one in 2,417), New Jersey (one in 2,441) and Florida (one in 2,950).On a localized level, Cook County, Illinois (Chicago area) had the most August foreclosure starts with 798, followed by Los Angeles County, California, with 740; Harris County, Texas (Houston area), with 465; Suffolk County, New York (eastern Long Island), with 297; and Riverside County, California, with 280."

Eastern Shore?