The 2nd group can often be spotted via the credit report, and they are a lot less fun to host (late payments, asking for concessions, demanding, etc.)

So far, I’m seeing a mix of fully updated and dated properties, but I’ll definitely double-check before making a move.And you’re spot on about Phoenix moving fast.

Bonnie is spot on—you don't always need traditional bank financing for your investments.

Seems like you're in a good spot with lots of options.

Cleveland and others) and some spots in the southeast (e.g.

People who are younger and don’t have kids - are looking for the up and coming trendy spots.

Like creating a stock portfolio, you could invest in some high appreciation markets and have some cash flow ones to offset the income.If you are thinking long term, appreciation is the way to go and generally at the higher price points.

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).

@Jared Smith it depends is pretty spot on!!!  

Using AI ;-) the answer is ""Detroit has approximately 102,330 vacant housing units, which is 28% of the city's total housing stock."