Ask for pics if you aren’t nearby. 

Unfortunately new Jersey isn't super affordable either but this way she will have family nearby.

Therefore, you can take advantage of a low down payment conventional loan or FHA loan, and buy a house-hack nearby flight school.

AJ I don’t use the Zillow estimates, instead find nearby houses similar to yours that are currently for sale and the most recent closed sales.

Which would mean the place could have a lot of drug/alcohol activity or nearby it.

However, most Title Companies are only licensed to handle deals in one or two nearby States.My firm is located in Maryland, but we are also licensed in DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida.

The “rent by the room” strategy is viable, often works well in college towns, but will create additional expenses and headaches over renting to a single tenant.so, nothing wrong with your approach, just discount the rent by a little more vacancy and factor in more expenses and damages with five college kids.To your second question, no, the increase in income will not increase the value of the property. residential property, like single family houses and 2-4 unit properties are valued based on comps - one 5 bd 3 ba house will be valued the same as a similar property nearby, regardless of the differences in current income they generate.you have to move into commercial property, or larger multifamily to start seeing valuations based on cap rates. 

Perhaps going business to business in the nearby area to see if employees would like a nearby parking spot for a discount compared to pre-pandemic rates.

My wife and I just moved to Boston, MA and we are very motivated to start investing in real estate in nearby areas (house hack would have to be near Brigham and Women's Hospital for work requirements, but the BRRRR could be anywhere within 2 hours of the Fenway area). 

I'm looking to buy my first rental property, so I've been analyzing a bunch of nearby markets.