Census- Census has some other population metrics like median household income.

Another thing you can look into is rehabbing, in Montreal some good money has been made the past few years in rehabbing of apartments, I know 2 people who started few years back with the rehabbing of just one apartment, today they do big condominiums projects. 

Things like unverifiable income, undisclosed debt, or even just having too much household income for your area can cause a loan to be denied.

Located on 2nd Ave and Cedar, this older condominium building is situated steps away from the Seattle waterfront and well known landmarks such as the Space Needle and Pike Place Market.

Located on 2nd Ave and Cedar, this older condominium building is situated steps away from the Seattle waterfront and well known landmarks such as the Space Needle and Pike Place Market.

If I where to use a hard money lender to cover the %20-30 down payment rule on a condominium would that be a good move?

I found the best notes for us to buy was from thrifts  Household finance types that were in foreclosure I would buy those 2 to 3 weeks from the sale date do a substitution and carry the foreclosure through and either own the asset or get paid off is someone else bid it.. we did quite well with that one until new management came in and would not sell many notes this way anymore. as for training I only know of the controversial ( being kind ) Scott Carson and Eddie Speed and I think Mr.

@Justin BoggsIf you look at city-data.com you will see some census data on that area:Median household income: ~$24k - that # goes up as you get closer to the Georgia line.Unemployment: between 16-22%Residents below the poverty line: between 21-35.5%From that data, I would classify the area as a C or even D class area and everything that goes along with that.

As you can see, median household income growth is 4x more correlated to rent growth than population growth.

They divided the time between two families and made sure to contribute to the household with cooking and cleaning.