I know that the vast majority of landlords and property managers will have a simple answer to that question: DON'T.However, I'm interested in building my MF rental investing and property management business in New York's Hudson Valley around the idea of making housing available to people who are high risk tenants - folks with bad credit, prior convictions, spotty employment, maybe folks who have a prior eviction.

Sure, The Loop, River North, Gold Coast, etc are at all time highs.  

If you are willing to go past Tracy, there are markets in the Central Valley that would still have a small amount of cash flow possible.

Yes Saarlouis is just down the river from here, it's a small world indeed :) Out of curiosity, have you done any investments in Germany, or would you consider it? 

Cutting out the trees would give an ok view of the river.  

I'm so glad to have found BP and look forward to being part of the community.  I've been a broker associate for some time now (12 years) and helped others build their real estate portfolios with second homes, small co...

Hello!I'm a new BP member from San Jose, California. Been house-hacking since 2000; 3 fixers so far. Now I'm ready to purchase my first buy & hold rental property. I'm looking in the Sacramento area. If anyone on ...

My roof area is very simple, like a rectangle, not walls, no curbs, no valleys, just a simple flat roof about 2200 SF. 

This may have been for San Diego though which is like the rest of the Southwest a desert and without our share of the Colorado river would mean serious conservation was needed.

The Property is located in a class C area, right in front of a nice park and close to downtown, shopping malls, churches and a hospital.I walked there at night and I felt safe. Also, during the day I saw families and ...