Chose the one closest to us, Raleigh, only 2-3 hours away from where we lived at the time, and took a few weekends going down and familiarizing ourselves with the area, took current listings and drove the neighborhoods before contacting any agents, got comfortable with the area, decided on neighborhoods.

I also have a daughter going to college in 2 years and I'm worried about how investment property will influence how much financial aid she will receive.

At present, I'm only interested in duplexes that I could house hack(Wife &I live on one side) on the east side which is closest to both our jobs and in area that the wife is comfortable living in.

@Jonathan Johnson the best you may be able to do is partner up with  one of the many disaster aid agencies that will descend on the area like Red Cross or Samaritans Purse. 

Hello bigger pockets I've been studying real estate for years...and I'm soooo ready to take that next step now...but I don't have a team the people who are closest to me know nothing about it...any real estate groups in Newark NJ?

The closest is the neighboring property that went for over 1.5million at the end of 2011.

As you go up in size with pex the difference becomes greater. 1" pex only has a ID of .862 which is further reduced to .625 with a fitting.

If you live in or close to PA I am working on getting people together so I can orginize a social event either in the Harrisburg or State College area, depending on which area would be closest for the majority of the attendees.If you are interested please join the PA Investors group ->http://www.biggerpockets.com/groups/35 and let me know if you are interested in attending by replying to the investor meeting topic in the group forum.Thank you,-Michael

We have had so MANY lemonades turns into lemon aid that our entire business plan has evolved in the last 3 years.This is an amazing place because the only thing everyone agree with is real estate.

The IRC, if used and understood correctly, is the closest thing to a comprehensive 'how-to' guide... not the easiest to jump in to, but anyone who wants to engage in construction related activity needs to have this resource and know how to use it.If you're still using 2006, you need to check your liability.