Here is what I look at:1 - I start with my financial criteria, which comes from my financial goals, that dictates the property profile I'm looking for.2 - I pick a market, any market, and I analyze that market's numbers to see if it matches the profile I need.3 - Then, I find the specific micro-markets where these houses are found in groups...not just scattered singles/doubles mixed in with other properties that don't match.4 - Then I camp out in the micro-market, waiting for those properties to become available.5 - I then grab the matching properties when available.I have two sets of financial criteria:1 - Flips.  

Remember a similiar discussion where Mike M, who has quite a few properties scattered across several states, said he recomends using a PM who manages at least 1000 units.

Their grocery stores their places of worship etc.I have seen that in Detroit were there are large Muslin populations they are not scattered about generally they are in certain areas were they like to live. 

We are getting strong bookings forJune through December and have scattered bookings for January through May.

Attached to the complaint is a one-page document [*3] consisting of two typewritten paragraphs on Pinnacle Development Partners letterhead; signature lines indicating that three people have signed it -- the plaintiff, Martha Lou Castillo, and Gene O'Neal; and a scattering of words and numbers strewn apparently at random all over the margins of the page.

It's presently owned by 4 siblings, scattered all over the country.

Now I'm looking for detailed "how-tos" for the states where I am invested and where I'd like to invest in next: California, Georgia, and the State of Washington.I know my portfolio is a bit scattered and I am in the process of re-adjusting.

Don't get your properties too scattered because that will require you to use a lot of other people to manage them.

Perhaps I should start marketing to investors and become a turn key operator.So for new acquisitions I do straight flip, fix and flip, and buy and hold, besides the land subdivision and scattered lot work.  

You can focus on just one building instead of many scattered around the city.