Cheng,This is such a great topic because it highlights the different way various people view the same exact situation , and come away with different opinions.

When you invest out of state, you're relying on other people to make your investment successful, so looking them in the eye can go a long way to giving you peace of mind or highlighting important red flags.Your other option is turnkey - though I absolutely would not advise that you invest based on website pictures, or even listings emailed to you by a company that seems good.

I truly believe everyone has something that they exceed at; so you have to highlight it and then lean on others who might be better at things you might be weaker at.  

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights for December and Full-Year 2017 Despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, 2017 proved to be a record year for Houston home sales with 79,117 single-family homes sold versus 76,450 in 2016, the last record-setting year.

However, with shows on TV these days highlighting the relative ease (and I'm aware it's all for TV) of buying foreclosed properties or auction properties, I'm curious what the everyday investor's experiences are and not the reality TV investors. 

Here is a brief overview of many of the neighborhoods closest to the city center: Downtown Indianapolis - Neighborhoods and here is a recent news article highlighting some of those same communities: Neighborhoods once rundown now Indy’s hottest.

My ads always have the rent, utilities the tenants pay, amenities, appliances, schools, security deposit, length of lease, type of heat (gas, electric, oil) central air, fireplaces, garages, off street parking, who cuts the lawn and shovels snow (hint its not me), credit and criminal checks, and neighborhood highlights like busline, and police station in the next block.. 

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in July: Single-family home sales rose for the tenth straight month, up 5.0 percent year-over-year with 7,440 units sold;On a year-to-date basis, single-family home sales remain 6.8 percent ahead of the 2016 volume;Total property sales increased 4.5 percent with 8,821 units sold;Total dollar volume climbed 7.5 percent to $2.5 billion;The single-family home median price remained statistically unchanged at $230,000;The single-family home average price increased 2.4 percent to $299,131;Single-family homes months of inventory grew to a 4.5-months supply, the highest level since September 2012;Townhome/condominium sales fell 9.0 percent, with the average price up 1.8 percent to $201,148 and the median price down 6.2 percent to $150,000;Leases of single-family homes jumped 15.6 percent with average rent down 3.2 percent to $1,815;Volume of townhome/condominium leases rose12.3 percent with average rent down 5.1 percent to $1,546.

Once they pop up, you can click on the one you want and it should replace those letters you already typed, highlighted blue.

Pick the one you want and it will appear highlighted in blue if you do it right.