I'd probably look elsewhere from Harbor Gateway or County Strip.

We can still attract Intel employees etc.The area around the Gateway airport is really starting to take off employment wise with a bunch more coming soon.

Buying your first rental property is like having your first kid (I know from experience) no matter how much you prepare you'll never be truly ready until you have one and even then they are always surprising you.The second reason I wanted to share my story is because our first property was a gateway property.

It's just what they do for a living and they're really the gateway to deals imo.  

@Jason Smith have you reached out to @Andrew Postell yet with Gateway Mortgage?

Our Property management (Real Property Management Gateway) are also rock stars.

They also have gateway routers that will allow you to see usage online.

Hey BP, I'm a new investor starting out in currently a Real Estate Agent but my goal is to use that as a gateway to get into investing with the capital from commission and the knowledge I Obtain doing l transactions.

Single family is the gateway, you could always start there.

You may not be in inner, inner Portland at the $250-350k price point, but you could definitely find a cool little duplex for that amount in some of the up and coming areas like Foster Powell, Lents, St Johns, Gateway, etc and cut down on your overall cost of living.