Also, and I may be biased, but I think my partner and I are cooler and better looking than the closest competition. ;) Sex sells!

You will have to overcome a natural bias against you due to your age.

, both on the buyer and seller side, and while it is easier than using a lender, when we sell, we do go into the buyers financials to ensure we are going to get paid.As a buyer looking for a property, I would be soliciting the help of a realtor (yes I am bias haha), but if the seller has the property on the MLS then their agent is more than likely offering a buyers agent a commission to bring a buyer to the table.

In order to pick market you can either go with what excites you or go with top performance metrics (see my bias here). 

Full disclosure, I invest in Chattanooga TN personally, so I have a small bias toward Chattanooga in this comparison.

Generally you would do an allocation of your purchase price to the land and building portion based on the allocation done by the county property appraiser.As to your question about hiring a CPA, I am probably biased as I am a CPA, but I think ultimately you need to do what's best for you.

I am obviously bias because it is my market, but to get a double for 40k that brings in over a grand per month is not bad!

Of course I am biased to Memphis, because I live and invest there, but BRRRR deals are still out here and I am actually helping another BP guy do a deal that he will have very little out of pocket expense on!

But again, I'm very pro DIY so maybe a bit of bias there lol most would say just leave it to the professionals.

YES, we may be a little biased, but check out our blog here on BP comparing Detroit to other cities and Deep Dives on Metro Detroit cities & neighborhoods: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Your biggest question shouldn't be WHERE to invest, but HOW you will invest!