Home visits by the counselors are routinely done both to ensure the vets are paying their share of the rent and utilities and to check out the condition of the property.  

You are local and know the neighborhoods.If not, walk and/or drive through the various neighborhoods and decide if this is where you want to spend your money.Then, visit any of the links below and put in address or city, price range, number of bedrooms, etc and get an idea of the amount of money it costs and balance that with what you can afford to spend. 

Hello, I'm going to look for my first investment property this weekend and I could use any advice of what to look or watch out for when buying a single family buy & hold.  Any advice would be appreciated.Currently...

Hello,I have a deal that I have mixed opinions on. can appraisers do a quick opinion without visiting the property?

So I bought the late night Carleton Sheets course and I dove into the material.Over the next 3 years we made 1 weekend trips per year back to visit family in CO, and bought five 3bdrm/2bath homes using a HUD loan on a foreclosure, and assuming 4 mortgages, with each deal only requiring about $1,500 down.

Wishing you the best for the future, but in the mean time, I would be listening to all podcasts, visiting REIA meetings and network, and do a lot of reading. 

The key is to group visits and inspections into a condensed timeframe and to see as much as possible in such a consolidated agenda.

It's almost a certainty that the Philadelphia numbers are inflated by the Pope's visit as @Lucas Pfaffalready posted.

http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere http://www.biggerpockets.com/ubg http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet Setting up Keyword Alerts How to Use @Mentions on BiggerPockets 25 Tips for Real Estate SuccessBefore your 1st purchase, please ensure you visit the below link for some tips. http://www.realestate.com/advice/buying-your-first-investment-property/ eBookhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets- community-book Blog http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/02/09/how-to-start-investing-real-estate-young/ Lastly, don't forget the podcasts, webinars, #askbp podcast and the blogs.

In Orlando where I live,  over 62 million people visited this city in 2014.............that's a lot of potential buyers.