After investigating I noticed there was no building on the property, and it looked like nothing had been there for years (most likely there was a fire or it had been destroyed by a storm).

My reason for investigating this field is that after helping my oldest daughter graduate with a degree in architecture, and a teenage daughter getting ready to follow her dreams, it would be nice to develop an additional income stream.  

Just changing a wax ring with no further investigation might allow a slow leak to continue causing unseen damage.

Investigate all these avenues while becoming zealous about investing other people's money (OPM) responsibly. 6.

Hi All, investigating buy & hold in Columbus, OH and trying to get a sense of Rent/ARV ratio.

You should be able to get the info you need with a little work and investigation

@Valentina Naumenko I'd be interested in touching base with you about your property management strategy out there, particularly as we are investigating neighborhoods and types of units that fit our budget and are known to us from our various trips there. 

We are investigating a parcel of land in the San Fernando Valley within the city of Los Angeles.  

The suggested advice is to have all the utilities and bills under your name and that is a sort of safeguard to not raise any red flags for someone to investigate further.Wish you the best of luck,Michael David

If so, we can just look at Dallas as a whole, and start our search in the counties/ZIPs that look most promising)These are the maps we created:FloridaMissouriGeorgiaMarylandNorth CarolinaVirginiaPennsylvaniaNew YorkColoradoTexasAfter looking at these maps, and reflecting on where we would want to live, we narrowed it down to the following 5 (in order of personal preference):Denver ColoradoThe San Antonio -> Austin TX CorridorThe Washington, DC to Richmond VA CorridorSouthern MarylandRaleigh-Durham, NCNext StepsWe are still discussing what our next logical step is...but we are fairly certain the next immediate step is doing a more qualitative analysis of the areas: reading business journals, reading local newspapers, investigating school and community development initiatives, investigating school quality, etc.With that qualitative analysis, we will likely eliminate another 1-3 cities, then plan to build our team and network with local investors After that, we will build our team in those cities and plan a visit to build relationships and vet properties.I hope that revealing part of our process helps at least one person, even if it's just learning something about your market from the HUGE CSV FILE I posted.Do you agree with this process?