@Eddie Bridgett JrWhen it comes to investing in Stockton multifamily, your most important consideration is going to be avoiding areas with high crime.

Any special considerations for the wetlands piece (not sure of its protection status, if any)?

If there's a positive side, a housing crash decreases homeownership, pushing people to turn to renting - increasing the supply of potential tenants.

All the previous home owners that were displaced through foreclosure became renters, thereby increasing rental demand.

I have told the tenants that there will be a rent increase if their sister-in-law, but I am unsure of how much extra should be charged.

Basically, for reasons I don't know, they didn't want to do business with me.Back to the 1.2 rule, I haven't had problems with another lender to increase my portfolio loan guidance they gave me about a year ago to add more properties, so that's why I also think there was something else that was not shared with me.

I still have to rehab the property before any of that, but it’s definitely going to exponentially increase my value.

Small investment on your part to do a bit of painting and carpet cleaning could very likely increase the perceived value quite a bit.

If you don't know your market, then not only is it more complicated, it is increasingly risky.

@Franky Davis too much thought and heartfelt consIderatIon going into one random data point off Craigslist