Hi high crime areas, assuming the note is performing then the highest risk is if you ever have to foreclose and resell, the crime rate could affect value.

Never use anything except M2M leases as you will need to be able to quickly remove non performing tenants.

In any situation where you have an under-performing asset, you have several options:1) Sell the asset - You already stated that there are no buyers, but have you really tried to sell it?

And it must be performed using a qualified intermediary who obviously has to be in place prior to the sale of your old property.

I will attempt to decompose them and offer my opinion:Local vs Out of State: Local any day of the week ... you get full control over your investment and all the risk reducing and return boosting benefits of that.

It would be a great time to sell off your lower performing rentals.

Looks like there are increases across all price points.Broken out by housing segment, January sales performed as follows:$1 - $79,999: decreased 16.3 percent$80,000 - $149,999: decreased 9.4 percent$150,000 - $249,999: increased 4.1 percent$250,000 - $499,999: increased 3.7 percent$500,000 - $749,999: increased 16.5 percent$750,000 and above: increased 14.3 percent

I am an active investor who manages his own portfolio, and I am a contractor and property manager who performs work and manages portfolios for other owners.  

(not 1 year of full ownership yet, but prolly have 25% of home value by now)- good credit, not much CC debt and no other debt, around 25k savings cash.Options: - either pay down the student loan with a home equity loan around 3-4% if possible, take out 50k home equity loan, 30k for student loan and 20k id throw to my 25k cash and buy another rental- leave everything as is and just take out 20k home equity loan to boost up cash and get another property around 200k for a rental investmentANY IDEAS appreciated, and even happy to connect to tax CPA-s in New Jersey area.

He is also a great contact to perform your cash out refinance.