Now I have something to concentrate on, you'll find it easier to concentrate on one thing if you take action.Tyler

.* Condo is not FHA approved* Condo has a high concentration of investors, i.e. non-warrantable condo* Condo association might not be putting aside the required 10% to reserves* Condo association might be defunctThis is not an exhaustive list.

If you're in a heavily concentrated family area, then I would shy away from it.

What are the best areas to concentrate your mailing lists/marketing to?

So would it seem more effective for me to keep growing my portfolio in Louisiana, or concentrate on potential large ROI investments in the Denver market?  

IE they concentrate on it and they are good at it.. and tend to dominatethen you have those starting out and are curious, usually never do a thingthen you have those that try it and some do OK others get an expensive education.I don't know OH foreclosure law like I know other states.. but one thing I have learned is the east coast foreclosure laws are MUCH more complicated than what we have here on the West coast and one needs to be fully up to speed... basically a lawyers knowledge to do this without getting burned.

Better yet, put MLS listed properties out of your mind, as any agent will require POF for any offers, concentrate on off market properties.

I understand that it will differ in each market, but I am trying to get a consensus on where my concentration should be.

I concentrate in C grade neighborhoods in Pasco County.

I will typically use NPV when trying to decide between multiple investment opportunities; I will use IRR when trying to determine if a particular investment will surpass a hurdle (a discount rate).Multi-family syndicators have concentrated on IRR for some reason, and because it's the most common way to measure returns on these deals, all syndicators have to focus on this number in order to provide investors an apples-to-apples comparison of the investments.That said, IRR isn't always apples-to-apples -- like @Thomas Greer said above, IRR make the assumption that cash flow will be reinvested at the same IRR, which is rarely accomplished.