Then, you've got to get the city on board because these are going to be unique properties.

Yes, these areas are unique markets where initial cash flow can be difficult at first (unless you put a larger down payment).... but the long term appreciation in equity and rent wins the game compared to other areas where most invest looking for initial cashflows.  

The problem noobs run into is almost never the list, it's instead the message / offer.The list above are fine starting points, but always best to take them a step further, and segment them by age, equity, area, length of ownership, property type, etc until you have a list of people with fairly similar, and ideally somewhat unique characteristics.

You have the unique advantage of having just did this with one of the three houses so you have a better idea of what is going to take to do it two more times. 

Sometimes unique properties sell better in these off market systems. 

@Justin Hazel Out of state investing has some unique challenges but it doesn't have to be as difficult as some people make it sound.

This neighborhood is in the Olympia WA, 98501 SE division...super sought after for schools and location.  

We have a very unique, and challenging real estate market in the New Orleans area.

Hello BP Community,  My Wife and I are currently in a unique situation, where we have the opportunity to purchase two homes as our very first real estate purchase and we were hoping we could get the community's feed back on a couple of issues for our very first purchase(s)Background. 

Of the three states presented, Georgia is great for property investors, Illinois is fantastic for redemption investors, and Florida is unique in its own ways as it is the most convoluted of them all.