Various neighborhoods are seeing a revitalization and the trick is to enter these areas before their growth explodes.

I am trying to buy an investment property to house hack in the Houston area but I'm not sure if I should know what tenant I can attract in different neighborhoods first before deciding what area to purchase in...

For you to find 1% properties you will need to look in c level neighborhoods.

I wanted to get input from you on investing in lower income urban neighborhoods.

By investing conservatively, in good middle class neighborhoods we never suffered much in losses and by not having loans our flexibility and ease of purchase (cash) and sales (seller financed) always went smoothly.

One day I was researching non-traditional marketing strategies so I decided to try to cold call some neighborhoods that I was interested in.

We're a young family looking to buy a multi-unit (2-4) units anywhere in the triangle that is safe and ideally in a well defined neighborhood. 

Start with a neighborhood or zip code to focus on, check with realtors on where other investors are lookingTax delinquent propertiesLocal assessor to get contact info - see description belowMay be best to just get a plot of landMortgage delinquent propertiesLocal County Court - ask for “Notices of Default”County Recorder - http://www.netronline.com/ search via zip code for foreclosuresContact Lenders - ask to speak with who handles foreclosures3.Go through a wholesaler******* This could potentially save you massive amounts of time and headache1.

The neighborhood is a mix of single family, townhouses/brownstone and a spattering of 4 unit apartments.  

I am looking for multi or single family, C neighborhoods and higher, 500 year floodplain to no flood zone (if flooded, by Harvey only) and maximum purchase price of $150,000.