Though I haven’t jumped into my own investing quite yet I do have a few years of real estate experience under my belt.

@Ron Pfrogner  - House hacking is a darn good way to get that first deal under your belt. 

I believe that people who have no experience in real estate investing should try and avoid as far as possible investing far away, at the same time people who have some experience under their belt shouldn't shy away. 

In regards to the noise, the heat cycle is no louder than a typical furnace, just the sound of the burner and blower.

The C and B-, lower middle working class neighborhoods, where buyers are marginally able to get in, or not ...

Once you have a couple under your belt you should have the cash itself to reinvest, ideally and can avoid the Heloc or 100% deals. 

It is likely the people are loitering near his property because the liquor store forced the people out of their parking lot. liquor stores in these areas are social gathering areas in every urban core place I have been to in the rust belt and mid west.. it just is what it is..  

@Aaron Belt Thanks

They make money work for them.The middle class buy liabilities while the rich buy assets.The rich use other people’s time and money to make them rich.I share the same shift in mindset.When I worked in Corporate America, I struggled with the bureaucracy and red tape (I grew up on a family dairy farm in the snow belt where when something needed to be done, you just did it).

We evened the odds a little bit the following weekend, though, when that same client who was following behind me to yet another group of showings got pulled over for not wearing a seat-belt.  :-)