@Tim Gordon  you stole my gold rush line I have been saying that for 4 years on BP.. but your free to use it.. however that was one of the best post.. by someone who actually has lived it.real estate morphs or cycles. what we were doing 5 to 10 years ago we are not doing today.and what we are doing today we wont do in another 10  years.I will take it further .. to say even in our markets rehab is VERY tough so about 5 years ago I got into new construction as a lender in possession.. and did  a few then a few more then decided heck as a lender I take all the risk anyway.. so I mine as well do it myself.so other than our day job of lower value fundings for rental purposes.. we are leaving the retail fix and flip space and will concentrate on new construction. less competition in what we do.. as you can't be a beginner not possible to do this without a lot of wherewithal.. 

Concentrate on the numbers over the location if you are on the HWY 35 corridor.  

Net Domestic Migration Highly Educated Workforce Looking at typical Population, Job, Income Growth indicators Want outsized job growth above all else Younger, more productive, highly educated people moving into new markets Workforce - quality of workforce; potential to have outsized GDP growth Pro-Business Climates Political Climate Tax ClimateSchools Walk Scores Sales Tax Collections Retail SalesDiversityPrice/Rent ratioHome Price growth rateIncome growth rateSFR to MF concentration

I personally concentrate my investment efforts in the Columbus area and my team and I have a network of property managers, general contractors, and lenders etc. that I strongly recommend.

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Search tenants are the exception, not the norm.Select a tenant segment with a high concentration of reliable tenants to increase the likelihood of always having a reliable tenant in your property.

I can tell you after 40 plus years investing in real estate, mortgages, and real estate related securities that predicting accurately, at least for me and for everyone else I know, is, IN THE LONG RUN, impossible.Most investors concentrate their risk both by property type, and by geographical location.  

I will be financing, and have a lender in the area who is willing to work with me.I have been mostly concentrating on C class neighborhoods, but am wondering if it's worth fronting a little more cash for a B class neighborhood property, if the ROI is better. 

They just buy rentals.I don’t think it’s talked about very much on places like BP about how BIG that pool of residential investors actually are, really concentrated between 1-4 units.

I actually did the math and figured out that my hourly rate is much higher and that if I can sub out some of the work, I can then concentrate to grow the business and stop working in the business!