Any thoughts and tips would be extremely appreciated!

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Any insight would be appreciated.  

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For that reason (so far) I've focused on distressed, value add, and forced appreciation deals. 

I like to identify the part of town that you feel is ready to appreciate (esp with forced appreciation) and then spend days/weeks just driving around and getting a feel for it.

I'm planning to have ROI, rents, cashflow, expenses, debt service, repairs/maintenance, return on equity, appreciation (I think this works over the long-term, kind of hard to predict in the short term especially with what we've seen in the last few years, but I usually conservatively estimate this anyway at 2%) and return on equity.

Picture it like a dart board—areas farther from the center experience increasing pressure, leading to appreciation if you plan to cherry pick any to hold onto.

It was worth $50k (three years later, so don't expect appreciation).