When I was 25 I lived in Buffalo, NY (Grand Island) and I bought my first home.

Rochester or Buffalo, even areas in Dutchess County are worth looking at. 

everyday you read about people like donald trump and how they bought their next great deal for millions of dollars. the only thing you can derive from that is " it takes money to make money". that statement is true enough, but it isn't the whole answer. no one ever got anywhere by giving up, is one of my favorite quotes. having good credit and access to money is almost essential to investing in real estate. what you need to do is stop worrying about where you are in life and start thinking about how you can get where you want to be in life. i have actually bought a house for $500 once. in fact, i have purchased several houses over the last 11 years here in buffalo, ny and the most i have paid for one was $4100. most of what i buy are tax sale houses, i. e., houses that have been foreclosed on by local tax authorities for lack of paying property taxes. granted, most of these houses are in such a state of disrepair that they probably should be burned down and started over, but buying this way teaches you how to become one hell of a great handyman. start getting your credit in order. you hear a lot about these " credit repair" companies all around. the truth is,  THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING FOR YOU THAT YOU CANNOT DO FOR YOURSELF. go to annualcreditreport.com and get a free copy of your credit report from all 3 agencies. by law, you are entitled to a free report each year from each company. on annualcreditreport.com, you can dispute every negative thing you see. thats how these credit repair places do it. they go on here and dispute anything that looks negative. by law, the credit agency has to follow up on your dispute to any and all creditors that you dispute. these creditors have 30 days to respond back to the agency as to whether or not this report is accurate. if they fail to answer back in 30 days, then that part of the report is removed from your report, just as if it never existed. hence, your credit score goes up and you become more desirable to  lenders. 

I talked to a lawyer in Buffalo, NY today about doing a wholesale deal with him and he said he wouldn't do it because Buffalo had an anti-flipping policy..

But I go as far west as Buffalo, as far south as Hudson, NY, and as far north as Mechanicville, NY.My primary business line is acquiring distressed two to ten unit properties(though I've picked up a few single family homes and also acquired a few larger projects,) renovating them, and getting them fully tenanted with very happy tenants.

I am looking to buy and hold a multi-family home with 2-4 units in the Buffalo, NY area.

hi cody. it has been years since i have been to the demoines area. i am now in buffalo new york area. here is what i have found. vacant houses are like deer, where there is one, there is another. when you go to look at these houses that you are putting offers in, do you look around the entire neighborhood?

Hello all,My wife and I will be investing in US rental real estate, likely in the Buffalo area.

Some areas near Niagara and Buffalo have very poor soil which means there are going to be foundation problems and I would not be surprised if the people come down with cancer because it was used by the military for disposing hazardous material a long time ago. 

I investigated investing out of state and toured Cleveland/Columbus/Toledo, Memphis, Buffalo, NY.