Commercial mortgages made to an LLC do not appear on your personal credit, and typically have lower rates to boot.

You know the area.Number 2 above gives you a boots-on-the-ground advantage.

I am with a property management company in Cleveland and can attest that Cleveland is a great city to invest in, especially if you have a great team with boots on the ground to help guide you to success. 

Location /neighborhood are the most important aspects of an investment of course but my point is choose the market where you feel you have the strongest team around you and best boots on the ground.

Its alot easier to learn and with a good boots on the ground agent that knows the market, you could make alot of money.

But I would start with something either turnkey or light value-add, so you can start forming your boots on the ground team with less pressure and risk.

I have boots on the ground in West Palm currently who will be helping with the property. 

Places you have lived (competitive knowledge advantage), places your friends/family live (boots on the ground), and then see if any of those are burgeoning markets or near one.

Hello everyone, I am selling an apartment building in California using a 1031 exchange (to buy property in the Midwest) and am wondering if I can use my passive loss carryovers and disallowed losses for that property to offset any boot because I am planning to use the cash pullout as reserves or repair money for when the replacement property is vacant. 

After a lot of prayers and boots on the ground, I just keep gravitating towards it because of the LOCATION.