I believe Brockton is a great market to invest in I would just be cautious of the zip codes Fair Market Rent Prices in Brockton, MA :$980$1,064$1,365$1,726$1,947Studio / Efficiency1-Bedroom2-Bedroom3-Bedroom4-Bedroom

Maybe I wanted to just see if I was too cautious in evaluating this dealI saw a quad come up on MLS in Indy the other night and it stated that all units were rented each about 1800 sq feet with 3 beds 1 and 1/2 baths in B area of Indy.

Appreciation will inevitably still happen, but I'd be cautious about how much in comparison to how much you'd have to pay out every month to maintain the property.

I am being cautious because I expect further housing price declines. 

He's very motivated and will be heavily invested himself on this entire process.It's looking like he'll need at least 900k to get the property, and will potentially take 12 months but projected ARV is looking towards 1.6m.He's very cautious with using private money so would probably need to meet face to face.

@Marcial Pimentel I would be cautious in some of the newer neighborhoods north of 10 and make sure you really evaluate the appreciation rates in surrounding neighborhoods if the one you’re looking at doesn’t have a couple years of sales.

He stated that he and his family are illegal immigrants, but have decent jobs and enough income to meet a portion of my rental criteria.However, without social security numbers or credit, it obviously becomes difficult to do full background checks and pull credit.In the world of eviction moratoriums, I’m extremely cautious about renting to them but if they pay a higher rent, I am curious if it will work.Anyone think the relationship will be symbiotic since they don’t want to get deported i.e hopefully always pay rent on time, no noise complaints, in general stay under the radar?

I did not know any of that about commercial lending and it would definitely cause me to be more cautious if deciding to go w a property w 5+units.  

I think it is becoming a really nice area, but personally, b/c it is the lowest lying area in Hillsborough county, I would be extra cautious.

I want to be cautious, but also hear that its hard to generate cash flow with a small amount of units and that the bigger investors with 24 units and up will be hard to compete with in the local area.