Jobs are always a good indicator of growth areas especially good high paying jobs.

Quote from @Jonathan Grzeszczyk: Soon I am taking a job with a wholesaling company on the acquisition side of the deal. 

GC walked off the job.

Your job is in Dallas, you are owner occupied?

I look forward to helping others achieve their real estate dreams while continuing to grow as an investor myself.Eric Welcome back to BP Eric and congrats on your growth!

If you made those free they'd be complaining about jobs or supermarket deserts or lack of public transportation or some other issue.

Management treats line employees quite poorly and lying is just part of the job.

Is this a highly populated area, are there lots of jobs, are people moving to the area or is the population declining?

Quote from @Paul Gupta: Hi, in California, For jobs requiring a license, there was CSLB (contractor state licensing board) which would give either a General Contractor license, or specialty licenses by trade (~60 specialties such as concrete, welding tile, ) https://www.cslb.ca.gov/about_us/library/licensing_classific...My Q: does Maryland and DC area have similar requirements? 

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.