The few times that I've looked, it did look like multifamilies near and around the campus area/downtown would be the best bet.

@Satish ReddyYour best bet is to reach to estate planning attorney for your personal protection and then to real estate attorney for your properties.

@Jaron Walling I think your best bet would be to quit your job and try and squatting in vacant properties until you can steal the property from the homeowner.

For a loan that size working with a local bank or credit union would probably be your best bet. 

Meetup.com is your best bet and just search for ones in the area.

If anyone has any contacts please let me know.I was trying to think of a polite way to word it, but as often happens, @Lucas Carl beat me to the punch.Your best bet is to do what the rest of us fellow Northerners do - get comfortable with out of state investing (yes there’s a learning curve but it aint rocket science!)

I would say your best bet is to stick to an actual "30 calendar" day notice, and to specify that in your lease agreements.

Off market deals are probably your best bet so connections are really important.

@Brad Ball you bet. 

If you take two comparable homes of equal quality, condition, age, features and location but differing sizes, the smaller home will invariably show a higher value for $/sq ft.That number is somewhat useful in a development where there are cookie-cutter homes that are identical in every way, but unless the development is new, some will have been upgraded and/or updated and others will not.Your best bet is to get contractors in to bid on both a gut rehab and a tear down.