You NEED to surround yourself with encouragement and people who are doing it.

The lot sits directly in the middle of a development, surrounded by other subdivisions and access to the existing infrastructure.

The Anderson house is in a higher risk area that is best suited for investors who have extensive experience & infrastructure here in Cleveland.

Good market indicators surround the law of supply and demand- population growth, job creation, job diversification, high-median income, low cost of living, etc., and typically are broken down by submarkets.

Anyone found any of the surrounding suburbs to be well suited for single fam & small multi rental investing?

@Brandon Ribeiro so purchase and closing costs for 13k total out of pocket (no including required reserves puts you around the following:With 0% Seller assist - Ballpark 100k purchase priceWith full FHA allowable 6% Seller assist - Sky is the limit basically, you'd run into the FHA max loan limit before hitting 13k out of pocketKeep in mind Philly has higher transfer tax then the surrounding counties, which does eat into your closing costs more.So Seller assist is really going to be your friend here.

In that time, I have worked on hundreds of deals in Houston and surrounding secondary/tertiary markets: valuations, proposals for listings, market research, offering memorandums, property tours, etc.

That'll tell you if the inside mold spores are the same type(s) as the surrounding area and how much higher or lower the spore count is.

much better values in comm r/e these days in just about all areas of Sac and surrounding. 

There are no other lots in the surrounding area and the only other commercial properties we have found already have buildings.