To do this, you need to be working neighborhoods, mailing letters to abandoned and distressed properties, networking so that everyone knows what you do - outside of investor groups but where the public can find you.

I also envision these developments being more aesthetically pleasing making them more attractive than most tenant heavy neighborhoods.

$20m development articleI both live and have invested in this neighborhood. 

She feeds me off-market multifamily deals regularly and knows the neighborhoods very well.For medium to large multifamily, Altay Uzun with Marcus & Millichap runs a lot of volume in the market.I’m a principal in multifamily deals around Hampton Roads and like Olde Town Portsmouth, parts of Norfolk, and parts of Virginia Beach.What are you looking for?

I'm sure someone will correct me if they know of whole neighborhoods that would fit the bill. 

I've been spending some time looking at listings on Zillow and targeting rehab houses that have been on the market for awhile (>30-60 days), in neighborhoods that have a close proximity to sought after neighborhoods that will hopefully be rising in home value and with median home values that are at least 1.5-2x the asking price for the house in question.

I'm working on building a website and designing business cards, but in the meantime I thought I would drive around the neighborhood just to scout it out. 

If not being income-producing is the problem, make it so.I'm getting creative with my 93 year old fox that has 4 duplexes in the heart of my farm neighborhood. 

I just wanted to get a feel for the general opinion on some of the neighborhoods I've been looking at in the city.Manheim Park/South Hyde Park/Squier ParkStratford Estates/Ruskin HeightsMarlborough

My criteria is to get a deal below the FMV in a decent A/B neighborhood.