It's been my experience that there are no original ideas out there - and the very few ideas that are "original" quickly get what I would call clingons riding shirt tails (watch the movie "The Big Short" and you'll see exactly what I mean).If you're defining it as not following trends, I'm still not sure how that goes because people are into everything....you've got gold/silver bugs, you've got REIT investors, you got investors that follow master limited partnerships, you've got various aspects of real estate, etc., etc.Personally, I read and digest what other people have done/are doing.  

, have watched a few webinars, have read quite a few of the recommended REI books, and have a laundry list of others to read.

The one bedrooms may be a bit more difficult to rent out than the 2 br's due to demographics but I can't say I have personal experience with it.I will tell you that the Lackawanna building department was seemingly less-than-honest with @Alex Scott when he was under contract for a property down there and did not find out about citations until he hired a contracter to go in and investigate for him so watch out for that.Cheektowaga goes anywhere from (IMO) class C+ to class A neighborhoods so i cant address that specifically, and Amherst is highly sought after for rentals.

Watch BP podcast 189.

It didn'tmake  the reserve at 150$ I kept a watch on the property and 5 months later the bank listed it we have it under contract For only 123k You may say what ????

Would take the time to educate the OOS client on local issues to watch out for?

You need to watch your eggs very very carefully.

Yes many of us have invested in training, but you can learn by reading, watching videos (such as mine - no I don't sell anything.

You can give that a read and also watch some BP podcasts on the subject.

If you were to summarize your experience here, what would be the biggest thing to watch out or prepare for especially when doing it out-of-state?