To maximize the odds of always having a reliable tenant, buy a property that attracts a tenant segment with a high concentration of reliable people.How do you find a tenant segment with a high concentration of reliable people?

The seller is a company that flips houses; they have too many going, and are selling this one as-is so they can concentrate on some more recent, larger acquistions.

VAMy development background is fairly diverse; however, I concentrated mostly in developing small subdivisions, and building SFRs.

After watching the roller coaster ride of my work 401K, I decided to halt putting any more money in, and concentrate on putting that money towards debt reduction and new properties.

My advice is to get the rental unit up and running first and then concentrate on the one you plan to live in. 

Out lying counties could be a good place for someone to start..One company up here in Oregon built their business in staying out of the major metro counties and concentrating on the rural counties.

We can also see the "concentration" of rental properties per zip code (vs. all residences), which when combined with an "A, B, C, D Neighborhood" classification system (see this blog post for a simple explanation) can paint a pretty specific picture about what micro-markets might work for a given niche & strategy.

Bosko Mijatovic Depends if the agent concentrates on buyers vs listings.Agents shouldn’t be spending excess time on admin work.

@Sean RayStay in your market but concentrate on the suburbs.  

I am concentrated to make my future investments there.