I would concentrate my efforts on driving out the crack house.

(Rosemead and El Monte are pretty different from South Pas, but as you look at things online, have them drive the neighborhoods and see which ones stand out to them the most.

You'll start to learn the shorthand of ARV, CoC, ROI, cap-rate, etc. pretty quickly.I think most of the language around "where to buy" is a lot easier to understand:  job growth, population growth, average household income, unemployment, school district quality, crime heatmaps, blah...blah...blah...  

The majority of 25-40 year olds who live downtown drive north for work (myself included).

I drive up to Valley Springs weekly, PM me if you want.   

There are probably some great deals in far western MA, but if you don't want to be a 3.5 hour drive away from your investments, it's not going to work.  

I'm considering somewhere in PA so I can drive out and see the areas on the weekends, but that's purely based on proximity. 

We have our investment criteria and if we can underwrite at/near the investment criteria (given our market research - mainly centered around growth and employment outlooks), then we go ahead with a deeper analysis/LOI. 

Maybe a mutual drive by each other’s Escondido properties at some point in the near future.  

Same with fitness so net worth of the person backing the lease is critical.With medical they have high margins per customer and drives lots of profit.