I grew up in NOVA so I'm not very familiar with the neighborhoods in Maryland, so any advice on that would also be greatly appreciated! 

I grew up in the Northern Liberties/Fish-town/Kensington area and currently live in northern liberties.

I will definitely have to figure out the prices that contractors charge for their work, but I also grew up on a farm and did a lot of projects and construction on that in addition to my ex-husband and I having renovated our home years ago, so the general pricing of what the materials cost is something I have some personal experience with.

I was able to do it and this investment helped pay for my International MBA, built incredible relationships within the community, and was our 1st family home until we grew out of it.

Louis use to go there all the time as I grew up in Chicago, but I don't see St.

I know NJ is very expensive , because I grew up there.You may need to find a 2 bed 1 bath around 150k , hopefully it will rent out around $1200.this is a good way to learn how to invest, by getting started.

You just reminded me that I was going to bump this thread a few days ago.I am an aspiring investor who grew up in Tucson, but am currently living in San Francisco.

I would be looking for investment properties specifically in the New Paltz, Kingston area of New York because I grew up in that area and I know it the best.Any tips, advice, suggestions or donations would be kindly accepted. : ) Cheers!

I'm a Florida boy now, but grew up in Center Point and my parents still live there.  

I love snow and we go up to the mountains every winter to play in it, but I grew up in So Cal and have never had to shovel a driveway in my life.