Real estate investment is my future.This amazing voyage begins with setting personal goals and vision.

Can you send me a link and/explain from either personal experience or an example of when you seen that happen.  

Shadow/mentor a person doing it.

I also have personal W2 income, if that matters.Is there a loan out there for a set-up like this at 15% down? 

While I don't personally cover the Scranton area, my team and I work extensively with investors in the Philly suburbs, and I’m always up for a great real estate conversation.

Nothing is ever the tenant's fault and the system always blames the owner/PMC.This is why we record EVERY phone call, save every email and will NOT allow our staff to use personal cell phones for texting.

Instead, these funds were allegedly diverted to finance other real estate transactions and for personal use by Wettengel and co-defendant Tanya Muro.

Cosmo - I personally don't know Phoenix well, but if I had to do this in another city I would look at income levels, crime levels, and population growth (if you can) by zip code and/or area within a DMA as a starting point.

Ultimately it would boil down to your personal risk tolerance.

Neighborhoods there are usually in better shape (although Baltimore is very much block by block), and in my opinion, the quality of the tenant pool is much better.Oh, and great idea checking out the properties in person—the pictures you see on the MLS can be very deceptive lol.