It seems like to me the areas that are trending higher are like you said Olde Towne East, Franklin Park area, the streets immediately bordering Bryden Rd.  

The house is on the border of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky on the Kentucky side (5 min from downtown Cincy).

They meet this coming Monday in Meriden; I always tell newcomers that the organization is a bit heavy on the gurus for its monthly speakers, but that it's an excellent place to network b/c a ton of people attend and are members.There are some folks from across the border who attend as well, Martha.

But time and  experience has changed my mind.I am a real estate broker, when new investors ask me that questions, I say "yes", You can never have too much knowledge.As an agent working for a company (keep in mind you don't want to act as an agent), you want to learn the culture, how agents think, what they do and talk about.Don't display how smart you are and how much money you want to make investing in real estate, just listen, go along to get alone.Yes you will have an opportunity to to access the MLS, that's a good thing.Do this with MLS:program MLS to follow listings in neighborhoods you are interested insearch for commercial properties, active and expiredkeep track of expired listing in the systemmake offers on expired listingsdon't try to compete with agents in the office for listings or sales -- REMEMBER you are an investor, do not work for pennies!

After a phone call with the planner, it turned out to be OK.The second obstacle is the property is located in a flood zone border.

It's meant for accents and borders, not whole floors.

.- Make sure that the property has great photographs and that the photos are displayed in the proper order.- Help the seller to establish the correct list price based on the local comps and market conditions.- Advise the seller about any issues related to the property that might effect it's sale.- Negotiate on behalf of the seller in order to get the best deal possible for the seller.- Follow up with the agents who show the property to get feed-back and advise the seller of the feed-back and any appropriate actions that should be taken.- Make sure that all advertising complies with all rules, regulations, and laws effecting the property.- Help the seller to find good service providers (if needed) such as attorneys, termite companies, etc.- Receive all offers on the property, review and evaluate the offers, and advise the seller relating to the offer.- Once the property goes under contract (in some areas the term is "open escrow") follow up with the buyer's agent relating to the buyer's progress toward closing on time.- Prior to closing, review the preliminary HUD-1 settlement statement and make sure there are no errors.

Remington, Wood Berry, and Medfield border Hampden and are also great places to look.

Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia share way to many borders between at least 2 of the states for an area of that size to make sense being considered a single market

Let me take a stab at some of the pain points from wholesalers:1) Posting on Facebook investor groups " Where are my (insert zip code) buyers at"2) Over inflating ARV's by pulling comps WELL over hard city borders.