@Chao Chang Hi Chao,Just like any market if you know it well there can be good investing but I like Grand Rapids for three reasons its job and labor growth is both high and diverse, shift in population is a younger demographic ideal for renting and there is stilla housing shortage.

Randy, when you work with "silent/passive" investors who only give $$ and you do all the work, you are actually promoting an investment.

Chattanooga has a great group of diverse real estate investors, so there is a lot of great brains to pick.

:)Toledo is incredibly diverse so even changes by a few blocks can mean a massive change in value and tenant desire to rent there.

I would say avoid spending too much on education from a company that also promotes a network marketing style of system. 

I think this list will give you a great perspective across a number of asset classes from a diverse group of contributors.

Someone is bound to have a GC they’ve used that they had a good experience with. 203k “approved” contractors is a made up thing people love to promote.

That said, I can appreciate that you have a diverse portfolio and have a conservative place to keep a chunk of your savings. 

I wouldn't sell for cash to an investor, there's almost definitively somewhere out there who will pay more with more promotion of the property (AKA MLS).No sense in keeping that property!

Houston is diverse, fortune 500 companies located their, a strong robust economy.