I don't just trust random stories. 5.

Here's a random example - know a guy that has gone on ice fishing trips in New England for 15 years.

I just sanded with my random orbital, 320grit.

@Evan Hopple@Patrick DruryWith rates where they are, can you really buy a random property in Columbus and cash flow more than a trivial amount?  

But it's based on my experience, not just some random bias. 

I happened to start learning about private equity funds, stakeholder capitalism, and the housing crisis last week and also started getting more active on the BP forums.I posted about struggling with finding investors for syndication and got some good comments about why this is the case for many syndicators right now.One comment referred to something about FEMA flood insurance rate maps and that rang a bell in my head about a random old piece of land I got a few years ago when I was heavily into tax deed auctions in Florida.

@Vaibhav Pandeyi strongly recommend that you not invest out of state unless you are willing to go there in person multiple times / as many times as it takes to build your team and look at properties.way too much investors on BP buy a random house in a supposedly low cost market and then get crushed with deferred maintenance and high cost turnovers. 

Again, I think you need to get better comprehension of your transaction before asking random persons to make detailed "deal rating" based on incomplete information. 

@Michelle Tanguay McIntoshstart with a house hack:https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing/house-ha...do not buy a random property thousands of miles awaygood luck

That doesn't mean randomly invest without research.