Now that the market is slower and people are limited on cash, I tend to buy the ugliest property on the market and we are doing very well in this environment.

Generally speaking the 'Red' states instead of the "Bluer' ones tend to be less restrictive.

When you have contact with a tenant you tend to develop personal relationships.

@Joshua HarterFinancing a real estate deal tends to send new investors into a fit of anxiety or is even enough to compel them to pack up their dreams and retreat to their nine-to-five job.

Its just friggin nuts to me how little "thinking" is going on.

I’m looking at multi family units and mainly curious if certain zip codes tend to have more troublesome tenants vs others. 

The cash-on-cash return and appreciation are steady.You should select a market that will meet your investment goals.A local Investor-Agent can help shorten your learning curve and save you a lot of headaches as they tend to understand the market better.All the best!

I tend to be skeptical of the "motivated seller" approach to real estate investing popularized in the 1970's and 1980's now that the internet presents homeowners with thousands of real estate valuation sites. 

Given the interest rates are trending higher I would proceed with caution as prices tend to work inversely based on interest rates i.e. when rates rise prices fall when rates are lower property prices are higher.

Tamarac is far out there and people that vacation tend to want to stay closer to the beach or entertainment.