welcome,im a few miles north or you. it seems like your starting out like I did. id be glad to help you with anything. im also a realtor, when you obtain the license, I could help you with a brokerage.

Neither the 50% nor the 2% rule seem to hold anywhere near Boston area, and the kind of crazy appreciation we've been seeing in this area can't go on forever.

Down here in Socal, it's customary for sellers to pay for most of the tests, reports, etc but I hear it's different up north.

Thanks much, I'm in North NJ btw.

On the North Side of Chicago in the A/B neighborhoods we have here I would take that deal in a heartbeat.

It is always great to have a local appraiser in the group (appraisals are my Achilles heel) For a CPA I recommend @Steven Hamilton II he works with many of the investors here and is in the North burbs I think.

It is a condo on the north side of Chicago.  

In addition, we found out that the north beach area was a much tougher sell than south San Clemente, and since we were the first ones out of the gate with new construction it hurt us.

Thanks Michele,While Olympia is probably better than Longview for investing, we are still looking at Tacoma  and north towards Seattle for our investments.

Area while living in Germany and deployed to Spain.