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Durham tends to offer slightly better cash flow opportunities compared to Raleigh, especially if you’re targeting neighborhoods that are up-and-coming but still affordable.

That can help narrow down the best neighborhoods for your investment goals.

But I would think they all can easily run the comps so you know the numbers you are aiming for in any given neighborhood/block/property. 

Most, if not all are in older neighborhoods without a HOA and on the bus line. 

@Kris Lou Many factors go into PMC pricing:1) Locality (city/state)2) Neighborhood & Property Class (time to manage Class A < Class B < Class C < Class D)3) Property condition (slumlord properties hard to manage)4) Number of units (some economies of scale, but not as much as owners think)5) Owner expectations (some owners really want a personal assistant!)

Our downtown isn't big, but each neighborhood has a different feel, and we have affordable suburbs if you want to be close but not IN the popular areas.

Seems like the only neighborhoods where FHA is even a possibility is cypress hills / east New York or east Flatbush, among other further out areas I don't really want to live in.

However I mainly wanted to ask about getting housing leases from traveling nurses.I currently have a 5 bed 2 bath, 1920 sqft home in a great neighborhood located less than 1.5 miles from 2 large hospitals here outside of Richmond.

It’s not an area that you can say this zip code or this neighborhood is good or bad.