Hello everybody,  My name is Dave Capella and I am a complete beginner to real estate investing.  My only venture in real estate was when I purchased my home.  After listening to a bunch of the podcasts on this site I...

I have also looked into Glastonbury and West Hartford CT markets however the price points in these markets is already much too high to earn positive cash flow. 

Checked craigslist and rentometer for area comps and could easily get this up to $2000 (combined).Also, would love any general advice on the state of the market and investing out of state in Hartford, Connecticut area or surrounding region.Thanks in advance!

I have a couple of investment properties in the greater Hartford area, and have done a career change to being a full time realtor and property manager here in Connecticut. 

West Hartford has some nice big white flower boxes that they use, I think I'll steal that ideas and use those out front.

Aetna is moving out of Hartford.

There are a lot of neighboring towns to Hartford that regularly hit the $70k-$80k/unit mark in C+/B- class locations with rents ranging from $900/mo to $1250/mo on average.

I have several in West Hartford as well and love talking real estate. 

Purchase price: $379,000 Cash invested: $94,750 Our first 3 family property we purchased in West Hartford, CT.

Purchase price: $390,000 Cash invested: $117,000 very nice cash flowing 3 family in west hartford ct we lived in unit 1 for 5 years before building our dream home with the rental property income.