There's a unique set of opportunities and potential hindrances for you when selling off Market @Patricia Yang. 

Being clear in the ad with these criteria, which aren't solely unique to any demographic, weeds out bad applicants from general population AND gives you the ability to deny a Section 8 tenant you wouldn't want based on their credit score or prior evictions (not source of income). 

This is why I am very comfortable with the OC market, and have found my own little niche here.Since you mentioned that you are new in RE, my #1 suggestion is building a strong-working-relationship with the people you work with in your RE journey.

Look for syndications that have a niche likely to do well in this current market.  

I believe the Fund is neither Close End nor Open End since they set up a unique LLC for each individual raise. 

Like others are saying, there are cash offers everywhere, tons of very bad listings on the MLS that seem to still get sold fast, and a unique local economy that requires you to do some networking for contractors and cleaners if you don’t want to get screwed.

My area is probably unique because there are hundreds (maybe thousands) of homes that are boarded up, but have huge potential.

Completely understood that this is a higher volatility investment than buying a nice 3/1 in Richfield/SLP/Bloomington and it would require the investor to be aggressive in bank negotiations, tolerate longer vacancies and/or higher maintenance/legal expenses, but the potential return seems to cover the additional risk.As an aside - I don't disagree with you about the potential risks at all, just trying to identify some potentially creative niches in the market.

Hi Britney, that's a great question and very personal and unique to each individual.

find a small niche market thats not real popular (yet) but will be.3) sounds like you are a GC, so am I, use that talent to leverage a good deal.