I can recommend other towns based on your target investment metrics if you'd like, cheers.Christopher Quinn

This last home will appreciate (dirt alone) it's also river front in the downtown of a sought after ski-town.  

All are good towns to invest in.

I also may not always be in town to collect rent.

Also the lease says and fines from the town due to snow not being removed is the tenants responsibility.  

You don't need to start with large projects...there are 6 to 12 unit undermanaged properties in most towns across America. 

Investment Info:

Single-family residence other investment.

Purchase price: $100,000

Cash invested: $15,000

Renovating my primary residence to cash out refinance and to scale into my first STR.

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If you are in town near the end of the month, I’d like to invite you to our group.

A lot of or most appraisers i work with that also work for the banks with purchases or refinances do “table top appraisals” I would pay one of them in your town: see any good realtor that is in escrow in your town for their listing or buyers and they likely had an appraiser come out recently (call them and ask them for that phone number). 

@Cecely FernandezWelcome to Biggerpockets and Jacksonville.The North / West side of town is deemed 'rougher'.32206 / 32209 are prolly the rougher zipcodes on the north / west side.With that said, you can invest in areas and not enter those zip codes if you have a PM / contractor.best of luck