I take anything agents say regarding investments (unless they have a sizable portfolio) with a grain of salt, but I do consider it.

Please take my opinion with a grain of salt as I could be wrong on this, but just wanted to give you my thoughts.

We are living in the Salt Lake City Area and are thinking about using and FHA loan to buy a Duplex, Triplex, or FourPlex.1.

rents on topsham maine are bit all over map, generally higher than lisbon lewiston but not much lower than Brunswick if inside rt 295 line closer to downtown and river. zillow isnt used much as CL. if you rent section 8 or vouchers look to add price of landlord paid heating, snow ice removal, salt sanding,  which this season has been massive. 

I have not invested in anything personally yet, so take my advice as a grain of salt, but I would recommend you go to either location for at least a couple of days to get a better feel of exactly where you would like to invest. 

I live in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Alex about the pool did you look into converting to a salt water pool to bring down expenses?

I hope to see more of you on the forums, there's a lot of good knowledge to pull from here.My one piece of advice on these forums is to take everyone's ideas with a grain of salt when asking for help. 

In the 16 months I’ve been in my home the value (redfin/and Zillow do grain of salt) has nearly doubled what I paid due to some expensive flips a block away.

Hey Travis, There is a meetup the first Thursday of every month in Salt Lake.