And if it's in Lawrence, you should know the market and neighborhoods REALLY REALLY well before you buy there.  

There's lots of rough laws in city limits that are pushing out current investors and renters, so it would be wise to do all your homework on Seattle before you take anymore steps.The way to become a successful investor is to make sure the math works out on a property before buying.  

Can you be more specific zip, neighborhood,price range(all-in cost),Cap rate, area and property that definitely off the table and when were you looking to close

We avoid the states with long and expensive foreclsoures like NY and all the NE states and focus on the non judicial states with no snow, and I say typically, as we just picked up a historic property in Ohio City, and they live next door.

Chris Cozzens hi are you looking in any specific city's/county's ???

Any paritcular neighborhoods that you see as having the greatest opportunities?

Santitation and from the city for grass not being cut @johnanderson

I am a resident of Baltimore city and house flipping is highly advertised in my city.

Plus we LOVE our new house and it's in the same neighborhood so we are managing it as well!! 

Takeaways: Rents are down in NYC and SF, but have still climbed in such cities as Sacramento, CA and Riverside, CA.