Hey @Nick Meland, as long as it's a good deal, finding $$ for it shouldn't be too tough. 

On opposite side of that coin is all the negatives, while it's easy to get a place and far cheaper, it's going to be tough to make a buck right. 

I've always found 5plexes to be a tough investment.

Good deals are certainly tough to come by but they still exist. 

That's gonna be tough to beat!

That is something I am working on as well as someone who has started his own business and feel very confident I can problem solve I find it tough to pass on things like real estate investing and deal finding but often times that laser focus by focusing on your business can make everything else grow tremendously by allowing others to fuel their fire by working for you in what they do best.

X, being an entrepreneurial type, lets it be known that (tough guys with tough pasts and probably tough futures) can bunk down (for lack of a better term) in the rooms--for a weekly fee (in cash).All bedrooms will be filled with weekly paying (guests, as she calls them) unauthorized subletors, or she may stay there concurrently with the children sleeping wherever they can find an unused horizontal space--except in the subleted rooms.The main living area may be subleted to 2 or three more individuals if she moves out.The bedrooms typically contain just a dirty mattress on the floor, and may have lot of new looking (grown man's) clothes on the floor and fast food debris.Mrs.

It's tough to "play it safe" right now in that market. 

But it seems like it can be tough to buy here in MA when you can buy nearly a turn-key property in another state for far less and still get a little bit of cash flow each month.So my question is, should we focus more on more turn key properties out of state or should we look into some BRRR properties here in MA? 

Texas is proving to be rather hostile towards short term rentals, while Phoenix is very welcoming to STR owners.There are tons of great markets out there, and you can make it work in just about any of them by adapting your strategy.