I've personally enjoyed success in Northwest Philadelphia, particularly Mount Airy.

That doesn't seem like it would be your responsibility.I personally really like Bank of America for a lot of reasons, but paper checks are always slow.

@Jon DawesI personally prefer liquidity and flexibility and like you said so many variables which is why it's never clear-cut in personal finance.  

B grade property walks are attended by my children to run around and tell me which bedrooms they would pick if it was their home.43605, 43608, 43609 are the popular zipcodes for bottom-budget value purchases...I manage a ton in these areas and my personal portfolio contained over 40 43608 properties at the peak. 20% of these properties will be crazy money earners, 20% will be astounding money pits, and 60% will fare average.I have evolved into the nicer 43612/43613 for my personal portfolio and find the properties earn consistently and far smoother than my 43608 houses. ($80k renting for $1200 vs $40k renting for $800 multiplied by the ratio above vs boring consistency of the nicer area) Oh and I have zero excitement for apartments.

Duane, I personally do not like to finance an entire deal, for that matter I like to have a very low debt ratio.

Another concern is the massive personal mortgage my father obtained in 2021.

@Robert Trevino Right now in my market the cost to build is just so much greater than the cost of purchasing existing that unless you’re building a personal home no one is building.

I believe there is information on each of the persons profile that I mentioned.

I usually don’t post my personal business in here but RE has put me in a very good spot.

It's definitely ramping up, and I do recommend caution and personal research as well, but that is true for any out of town investment.