You have to look outside of the hottest neighborhoods if you want to find something that actually cash flows.

I had never heard of renting a property by the room outside of university systems and would like to know if anyone has experience with this and what criteria they used to chose this over traditional property renting.

Many of our clients have encountered resistance from financial advisors that do not operate outside of the standard stocks and mutual funds box.

@Jeff Pollock, you might be better off looking just outside Portland city limits since the rules are more relaxed.  

After having been researching outside of my market for potential investment properties, the prospect of buying the home we rent has come to a head.

After having been researching outside of my market for potential investment properties, the prospect of buying the home we rent has come to a head.

After having been researching outside of my market for potential investment properties, the prospect of buying the home we rent has come to a head.

This will lead to further housing shortages and renters have to commute from outside St Paul. 

If you can manage the commute, I would look outside of the city.

We just had it happen on one of our properties just outside Portland as well.They typically have an appeal process, so you could try that, but you definitely need supporting evidence as to why they assessed your property too high.