HIGH LEVEL VIEW:Potential locations: appreciation, population, per capita income, taxesLocation validation: major employer viability, economic trend, economic stabilityTarget tenant pool: segment most likely to produce "good tenant pool" tenantsProperty profile: type, location, configuration, rent range which the target tenant pool is willing and able to rent and is profitable.Investment team: property manager, realtor, trades and others as neededCandidate properties: price, ROI, time to rent, crime, location, proximity to jobs, trafficSpecific properties: return, time to rent, rent range, rehab cost, rehab risk, area vacancy rate, proximity to jobsLOCATION RESEARCH:City economics: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories/27281Neigbhorhood breakdown: http://www.city-data.comNiche ranking: https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/best-places-to-live/Property taxes: https://www.fool.com/millionacres/research/property-taxes-state/Property insurance: https://howmuch.net/articles/homeowners-insurance-rates-2020CORE 4:Team members that is especially important for OoS investments are Realtor, PM, Lender, Contractor.

Message me or call me my info is in my profile. 

I have no debt and decent savings but recently made a career change that greatly decreased what any of the lenders that I have talked to will offer me for a mortgage. Looking for information on other finance options o...

•**A TLTV ratio exceeding 95% and up to 105% is permitted when secondary financing is an Affordable Second.Property Options•1-4 UnitsWayne & Shawna this is coming from a banker....check out my profile!

Under my profile picture it says "Top Subjects: Team and Taxes & Accounting" and I'm curious how BP determines this because I literally never post about any of those topics, lol.Anyone else notice their "Top Subjects" are not really relevant to the content they post?

Considering me just getting started in the REI world (check out my profile for details on my background and where I’m currently at if interested), I’m looking at find out what my best options are for getting my first steps going.

If you can accept a slightly higher risk profile, put it in a personal brokerage account and buy shares of an index fund like VTI.

Check out my profile I can answer any bank/lender related questions.

It is really a build-rent-hold model, which doesn't suit the investor profile building out Houston.

@Stella Mitchell Start with filling out your own profile first.