I'm a little hesitant to get into the city of Syracuse. 

@Al JeciusAre you in City of Flagstaff or Coconino County for zoning purposes?

I live in Kansas City, MO, but have family in the Upstate SC and in Charleston.

I am the real estate professional and I worked with hard money lender This sounds like the exact same strategy a client of mind uses in Kansas City!

PS Rochester and Buffalo were ground zero for much of this stuff also there were groups buying those homes for 10k packaging them up and selling them for 80k to investors from England. the city / state finally cracked down on that and there was some folks that got in trouble on the criminal side of it.. you can google it.. wont mention names but you can find it if you dig deep enoughBut this is nothing new.. buying hood rates for pennies and selling them for dollars to foreigners and unsuspecting out of state folks. 

I had over 200 sfrs in jackson proper all C and D class U want to think they are B s  but not really in all but one area of the city of Jackson and a ton of section 8.. those were a nightmare..

Like "Biggest single family propetry management mistakes ever" etc

And neither will City of Rockville.

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For an OOS investor, I would recommend looking at Kansas City as one of my CFO clients also manages 100+ doors for OOS investors and knows the market very well.