Don't know that there's a correct answer per se.....

What a shame it has come to this and what a shame that you would post something like this.My words aren't necessary and everything for all to see is in the images.May God Bless you mate 🙏 Goddam this dude is dramatic in his emails Pains me mate,And this is just one tenth...The relationship evolved more than just a "transaction" per se and one day out of the blue, we get the above review.I was going to stay a sleeping bear but since I was poked on another thread, might as well wake up and get me some honey lol

Which is good for a property I own without ever seing it...

So first of all what is considered SE DC is basically 25% of the entire city including even parts of Capitol Hill so neighborhoods in SE range from some of the worst areas in the entire country (Washington Highlands for example) to areas i would have zero issues walking around at 2 AM (Hillcrest for example) as far as Anacostia specifically its still very block to block and some of the housing stock is really beautiful Victorians which are on the high end of the market but may still have the most upside where as there are some less attractive houses that will still go up in value but probably at a slower clip.

But Portland is not really a landlord per se market as it relates to BP because of price / rent ratios.. folks that buy here love it.. live here would no sooner go to Cleveland to be a landlord than go to the moon.. its a funny place in that regard..it certainly keeps portlandia Weird  as the saying goes. 

Yes, the SW is dry and we will see who hurricane season brings for the SE.

Now, for a beginner, my classic approach is to house hack because you get some hands-on experience with most facets of real estate investing without fully jumping in per se.

SE, NE NW?. 

It might be a good bench mark for me to know whats realistic Sorry I haven't been on here in a while nor answered your question.Well in my market rentals go for $160-300k/ unit depending on the submarket and if it's a newer build, value-add or rehab.So it's very difficult to say and it depends on your own personal finances.But for buy and hold I've purchased 22 units in 2016, 6 units in 2017, and a few in 2018 and 12 u in 2019 Some were local Los Angeles County and some are in SE Florida.I also sold several properties in LA last year, some were hybrid hold/flips and more development deals...Also asking how many units could be completely different in a market like OKC or Utah where you can likely get units cheaper, OR the market might not have larger apartments, unless it's in a larger metro like Salt Lake.. so it really depends. 

This Project is in Washington DC SE on H St.