You will gain so much knowledge from the experts in your market and also may find someone who is in the same boat of you.

I'm particularly passionate about cultivating an extremely tenant-satisfaction-focused mission in order to distinguish myself in the rental market. 

Would sec 8 decrease the rent to the calculated fair market value of rent or at worst case scenario remain the same and sec 8 decline the increase?

These areas are more stable, but you would have to put effort into finding below market deals.

How will you market the property?

You can invest in any market selecting the ones that you believe are seeing the most growth, and do it from anywhere.

@Mayuresh Kshirsagar Detroit is one of the best markets in the Midwest right now!

They followed up right away on my pre-approval application that I submitted online.The appraisal (which usually seems to be a bottleneck with other lenders) reached out right away, even before my term sheet was finalized.Now here is where I feel a bit frustrated with their product marketing and what I actually got.

Hey Jose - if you're working with $15k i'd examine your local market to see if there is an opportunity to house hack if you want to work solo.If you're opening to partnering - I'd reccomend attending your local REIA meetings to see who is looking for a partner / capital.

@Freddy HernandezUtilities are based on whatever market you are in.