I am a new to buy and hold real estate but I would like to get my feet wet in The Villages in Florida.

Just spent a week there, from what I understand the Villages has a 80/20 ratio of 55+/55 and below.  

Right now you have fictional money.

The B Class neighborhoods are Merion Village, Old North, OSU Campus, Franklinton (south of broad, north of sullivant, east of glenwood), Hilliard, some areas in Worthington, Sharon Village, 5th by Northwest, Old Town East/King Lincoln, Berwick, etc.The B-/C+ class neighborhoods that are more gentrifying and rapidly changing are Southern Orchards, Hungarian Village/Reeb Hosack, South of Main, North Linden, other area of Franklinton (non-nipple), Eastmoor/Broadley, etc.I also have a map that better breaks the neighborhoods down by rent ratios, pricing, and crime.

I looked at a 4plex around Slavic Village and was told it was a very bad area, but being from WA, I'm not sure.

From May 20th through Nov 20th there is a new ordinance passed by the village.

In Boston, undergraduates aren't a protected class, so you tend to have a lot of associations in the Fenway, South End, Back Bay, and Bay Village neighborhoods with restrictions.

Full disclosure there are complete throw-away blocks in that area, but you can find a deal if you look pretty easily.Midtown, Virginia Park, North End, West Village, East English Village, Woodbridge, MAYBE Islandview, Corktown, Bagley, are all very profitable and the values are increasing like crazy every month.

The area I'm looking at (Hollis, queens village) is relatively cheaper than other areas like the one I currently live in (Jamaica hills, briarwood) . 6 bedroom 2 family for around 600k with a good chance for appreciation as well as cash flow , and if not cash flow , will completely wipe out my rent .

@Chris Iley this was in East English Village