@Mike PerezMetro Detroit (my rental portfolio is here)Purchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1200-$1500ROI: 10-14%Cash flow: $250-$350/doorAppreciation: Double digit (for past 10 years, will gladly send data)Location: C+, B- (suburbs and certain markets)We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, mortgage, Amazon fulfillment, and more jobs.The bad reputation comes from OOS investors wanting $20k D market properties.

Even if roommates are paying you separately, this is not a terrible amount of data entry.

Anytime I work with clients, I provide the resources I use to get them their answers so that they have the exact same data I am working off of and I cannot skew anything.

I’ll start becoming more familiar with doing searches on Zillow and read a little more in depth the data they provide on properties.

What data sources can I trust so I can more reliably narrow down my criteria and underwrite a deal? 

That was just a quick and dirty statistic run, without filtering by rental class type, etc.Some data pulled from the web shows job growth expected to grow at around 37% in the future.

For one data point on collection: we're doing fine.

I have driven through but not been in a long time.I want to invest close to The Villages so I can see my parents and check on my investments I think someone on here focuses on 34482; I will try to find who that is. 

Hey @Laretta YoungBP boogs are great, ive bought like....5 of them , including long distance....Im also from out of state and I was looking for a place to invest, I did my reaseraches, found few great markets, but the problem is that everyone else invest in those markets....so I was looking for under-the-radar markets, markets that regarding raw data (unemployments, job growth, population growth....) are not right at the top.so I found Des Moines , Iowa, right now im in a middle of a flip there, but I have no reason to leave this area after that.I think that even though other places perform better, for an out of state investor, its more important to have a system, and people he can trust in that market (if you bought David Greene's long distance... through BP store, they also gave you an access to a pdf file he wrote called "the core 4")@Darson Grantham you forgot to put other important links :)this one,  hopefully it will be right again this time:https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/these-7-recession-proof-cities-can-offer-security-in-an-economic-slump.html and this onehttps://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/slideshows/best-places-to-live-in-the-us-for-families?

So you can either do what @James Lanier said and hold in an area that you have data that shows you it will remain solid for years to come or you find the neighborhood behind that one you were talking about and nab some holds early in the neighborhood transition cycle so you get more appreciation on the back end.