Market forces are pushing and pulling but not a source of anything breaking.

When the market crashed, we went broke. 

@Lucas DeAndrade how much knowledge do you think you've accumulated about the Akron market?

Maine in particular has a few markets with a decent amount of multifamilies.

I’m not Marketing, etc. etc. so maybe Bigger Pockets can leave it up so people can get a better understanding of the limited information about this. https://cjfoxlaw.com/law/is-picrights-legitimate/

Currently, market value is close to 875k.

Want to know the best way to have a win-win in private lending---> do not give someone a loan who does not deserve it.We buy defaulted debt and I cannot tell you how many deals we are seeing right now to people who have never flipped a property and the numbers from the outset never worked, it also does not go into people without experience, its people with experience but attempting to work out of state or in other markets. 

Quote from @Brendan Jones: For the homes, and or properties that you will use as a primary or a rental property one big thing I look for is infrastructure in the area, extrinsic value (I.e. hospitals in the area, schools, and job market), and the last thing is creature comforts for people (I.e. is a store to get groceries 1 hour away or 2 minutes away).

We are Canadians eyeing up the market in the USA and looking to start investing in properties across the border. 

I would say you should start off by just meeting multi-family investor-friendly agents who can help get you started with 5 units search and work on finding you off-market ones as well Thanks Kerlous!