Really looking deep in the market and working with an agent.

They normally locate deep discount properties that they can flip to another investor without any rehab work on the property.

I think what you really need to be mindful of is what is really behind the lack of support and how deep that runs. 

I currently work in outside sales making great money and want to start educating myself on multi-family investing and am ready to dive deep! 

I have no intention in setting deep roots, which would be the only reason to buy a house in this area. 

I hope to start immediately and need a mentor to guide me through.Hopefully, the mentor will likely benefit too since this is an area I plan to go deep into.  

2% rule is old news.. and only works in very select markets and usually for locals who can deal with those asset class's they tend to be inner city.. or very rural middle america.1% is achevalbe in virtually every turn key market and you can buy nice stuff with the 1% rule 100k homes to 120k homes in those areas are pretty nice and rents will be right at 1% or maybe a tad better.I always suggest folks buy the best they can and do not get tempted to buy sub 40k rentals out of state ( mid west northeast or deep south) unless they are in tiny little bergs that are not full of crime. they have other issues. like very low wages but crime is one the real killers to cash flow homes.

You will very likely get into deep trouble if you use that the way I think you are using it.Cheers.

Dig deep into the podcasts and Ultimate Beginner's Guide (in the education tab above).

I have mostly been educating myself and becoming familiar with analysing deals and getting a feel for which niche market in Boston I'd like to start diving deep into.