If you have income from another job and don't *need* the extra $100/month from an out-of-stage junker, buy local.

Thank you Andy.I am at the early stages of learning real estate and not sure what all I can do on the investing side, let alone the legal. 

At this stage that should not be your concern as an inspection  and a little investigating on your realtors side will expose things.  

At the same time, it will be expensive to go to an engineering firm at this stage.

Throughout my career in real estate, I’ve witnessed several key reasons why investors still overbid at this late stage of the cycle.

If you know a lot about pharmaceuticals, look at pharma companies or participate in venture backed early stage companies. 

I'm still in the early stages of house hunting, and I may change my mind as I learn more/speak to more people.

@Ryan Ebzery I’d be cautious about Warwick as they have an aging population and some financial problems relating to pension obligations that are almost certainly going to mean even higher taxes in the future.They’ve been closing elementary and middle schools over the past several years and I just don’t see a lot of promising developments on the horizon.It’s not a hard no, if you can find the right deal, but I lean against it personally.Providence has some of the same issues but they’re more well known and some of the increased taxes are already baked in (such as different tax rates for landlords vs. owner occupants).I feel we’re in for more unpleasant surprises in the Warwick story and more tax hikes than Providence, and Providence has a lot more going on economically than Warwick by far so I feel it’s more resilient and will bounce back better.I like Cranston quite a bit but a lot of other people do, too, so prices there have kind of gone up quite a bit.

We have spent tens of thousands fixing the homes and are now in the stage of moving the Park Owned Homes to the tenants.

I am in what I would call the planning stages of getting started investing, however I have an issue that needs tackled.