I'm based in Western Massachusetts (Berkshire County) area. 

The markets here took another dive between 2006-2008 where I attended a few foreclosure auctions a month between NYC and in MA and picked up a few. 

I am an investor based in Fairfield County, CT and just rejoined BP after many years away.From 2005-2011, I got up to ~150 units in SF & MF both rehab & new construction, Class B & C, but (regrettably) sold all to focus on institutional real estate and private equity.Since selling off, I got an MS degree in real estate and participated in most asset classes institutionally ($10-250mm+) with a focus on SF & MF.

You can close in the business name/LLC here.You are not required to have your investment property in the business name, however, some lenders and bank may require it if they are a purely business purpose, lending institution who servicing companies, mandate commercial purpose only.And yes, finally you can get landlord insurance.I recommend shopping around and comparing a few quotes to get started happy to connect to talk further strategy and detail.

There are lots of small scale solar farms in upper state NY, MA, ME due to their more friendly solar farm policy.

If you need to tap into equity before institutional options are available, i would turn to private money and see if someone is willing to lend you their idol funds or self directed IRA funds. 

Bourne, MA is an odd one to see so high in my opinion.

Chad Littell from CoStar notes that while institutional investors adjusted their strategies early in response to rate hikes, individual investors have only recently begun scaling back.July Sales ReportAccording to CoStar’s July Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI), the equal-weighted U.S. composite index, tracking smaller market sales, showed only a 0.2% price increase from June, with prices down 0.7% year-over-year, marking the first annual decline since 2012.

I'm Jake DiGiovanni from Andover, Massachusetts, passionate about real estate investing and looking to take that initial leap.

If you buy a polluted property, it's highly likely that the cost of cleanup is yours.I've represented a few gas stations in Massachusetts, so from experience I can tell you that you'll need a current environmental survey.