The trend in larger cities has been for less police and more leniency with criminals.

PassivePockets is for those interested in truly passive real estate investing through syndication, so I needed to begin to educate myself more on this real estate investing road that I hadn't yet considered for myself.

I have transacted at least 5000 properties as a flipper developer and lender and I have had one instance of this. were someone recorded a mortgage 5 minutes before my loan went on record so when I got my title policy I was in second instead of first made a claim to my title insurer and they rectified it quickly and went after the bad guy criminally. 

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. 

House Hacking will teach you many lessons that are invaluable and that will help you down the road if you choose to invest out of state later.

For example, I mention that every adult must pay a $30 application fee, pass my credit/criminal background, make a combined income of 3x the rent, and whether or not the property accepts pets.

my husband and I built out a off road toy hauler as our home!

At a local REIA you might pay anywhere from $20-$100 to hear from a local guy that knows 10x more about local investing than any national road show. 

Jessica,One idea is to buy an investment home and let them pay rent and down the road refinance it into their name or buy from you and your husband.

I have started going down the road to do a DSCR cash out refi on a duplex (BRRR) I purchased last year with my HELOC, but not that far yet.