What strategy gives you the best chance at meeting your goals @Ian Russell?

Those five cities has the best chance to go negative, but even a few months of negative will put year over year still in the positive. 

Dealing with a property that is in bad condition is usually going to have the chance at picking it up at a better discount. 

I am a newbie in all sense but if I can focus on trying to grasp this concept, I may have a chance at a real possibility like this sooner rather than later.Thank you all in advance who reply.Much respect,Dan Nieves

In my opinion the biggest risk is that you are very new to the game, and there's a high chance you will make a bunch of rookie mistakes.

Dan Roma pm me I’d love to walk you through some opportunity for improvement areas

I found out they've been there 11 years and have done all the interior improvements which I'm guessing is not uncommon.

For example, I purchased a list from List Source a few months back and at least 30% of the mailers were returned.I'm sure someone has a way around this or a way to improve their rate of returned mail but I don't want to spend the money to figure out how to optimize someone else's list. 

For example, I purchased a list from List Source a few months back and at least 30% of the mailers were returned.I'm sure someone has a way around this or a way to improve their rate of returned mail but I don't want to spend the money to figure out how to optimize someone else's list.

I'm looking at buying with cash from a personal lender then making a few improvements (running electric, water, building, pads, etc.) then approaching the bank for a construction loan and mortgage on the land and home.