Long story short, you can, but since you are only targeting investors, your sale price will likely be lower than comps.Talk to a local agent about your local tenant laws and have them review their lease

If I was looking in PG County, I think Hyattsville and College Park would be my main targets.

$120,000/0.06 equals $2,000,000.So in my mind the target should NOT be cash flow but rather building net worth.Despite what the gurus say, sufficient cash flow to be financially free can only come once one has sufficient capital to invest.Let’s be clear I only buy apartment propeties that cash flow but immediate cash flow to put spendable dollars in my pocket is NOT the primary goal.

You really target that in major metros as saturation has not picked up--Huntsville is not one.  

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

I'm not sure if we can like to articles on our own websites here, so to be safe I'll just suggest the IRS web page, which does do a pretty good job of explaining the basics: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510The main thing to know if you're going to claim business miles is that you do need to keep a log of every business trip. 

Its a fine line here on BP a ton of the audience/members are in the business and the BP members are their target potential clients.

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

But point well-taken.... those markets who ARE actually already showing signs of revitalization would likely be good places to target... but again that would depend on your investment strategy and unique way you plan to add value in order to achieve your specific investment goal.