Build local and regional portfolio and then expand outwardsFirst investmentComfortable with the 'Buy-hold-rent', cash-flow approach.

My advice, would be too look to a regional or local credit union, that will do you 10 conventional mortgages.

@Alex Franks Amen Alex..LOL ..We are now living in the J-hook region....People move down to Florida from up North then hook back to GA.

I know that his end amount was in the region of $800k.

I personally focus on New Orleans but I am also looking to expand into Minneapolis in the near future to get a better regional risk diversification.... don't want something like Katrina slamming all my properties at once. 

If you are ever in the Niagara Region just look me up and we can share some ideas over a coffee or lunch.

@Josef Torkelsen Since I am new I haven't quite decided which region we will be focusing on.  

New investor in the state of Maryland (Hanover region) looking for BiggerPockets members who live in the area to network  with.

My prices are based on my experience buying and selling 25 homes and helping several people in the Niagara Region to install furnaces using good quality trades people who don't try and make a million bucks off of an install.

I have been a certified home Inspector for the past three years in the southeast region of Pennsylvania.