.$600 in that area isn't bad for a 1 bedroom -- Civil Life is a border area that is lagging the rising rents a bit farther north in the TE South area but is also on the uptick.

Borders?

Isn't there 5 ft of snow just across the border into B.C.?

I think REI is very local and you have to know your market (for example, the house we are working on right now would probably be worth more if it were not on the border of Hampton, which is sort of a bummer of a town).

The end result was he didn't sell, kept it till two years ago when both my parents deceased, and it was sold for $1.1 million.A few years ago, a neighbor was planning to move to Florida, another neighbor heard about it, offered him $450K.

I'd say class C+/B- This house is on the border between a class B+ /A- neighborhood and a class C.

If you believe a full-time job would keep you from effectively managing your property either locally or cross state borders, you should consider a p.m. 

(as opposed to letting a property manager be the landlord).Stephanie I'm in Ohio/Kentucky border, so either.  

Lots of people do make money buying in the up and coming neighborhoods of Detroit (a more difficult strategy) and I personally don't own a property IN Detroit, but my entire portfolio is in the suburbs bordering Detroit. 

The mortgage is in the name of the deceased, so this mitigates some of the risk associated, though it remains a very complicated process... thoughts?