Jersey City is hot right now but like I tell my clients the majority of the time I can find them deals that make more sense in Essex County but that depends on the client and what their needs are along with their comfort level. 

However, in some cities, getting work permits is difficult and slow so it can really hurt the investors' timeline through no fault of their own.

Michigan and any other reasonable Midwest city.

I didn't have much money, and not much experience but I used my background in finance to put together a syndication and buy an old office building and drive thru on .59 acres with the purpose of developing housing.My passion was creating housing in a city with under 2% vacancy and skyrocketing housing costs.

Go to courthouse in city where your rental is, or see if docket is available online, and write down the names of the attorneys with the most landlord-tenant cases.

Hey Jason and Rene, I have rezoned multiple properties in Denver and the surrounding cities.

The city of Cairo and Alexander County as a whole are in a very depressed economic situation.

It varies for me city by city here in south Florida.

And as you state in other posts, you are in a market with less competition (a city near the airport in the Midwest I believe).  

Pete, try looking at cities within an hour of those areas.Lately, I’ve actually been seeing more properties hit the 1% rule, which hasn’t happened in a while.