I've found a pretty good niche in the neighborhoods that are a little nicer with the better schools in Waterloo.

But you have to have a spouse who's willing to make several moves AND it helps to have kids who are not school-age yet (which was my case most of the time).

If you want to see why, just run a cheap 50k SFR and a nice 150K SFR with good school district through the BP calculators and see what happens at 5, 10, 15 years!

(We were in a PA to buy both from we had learned the buyer no longer wanted to do the rehabs and were willing to get out very very very  low) Last month, that house was  listed for $184,900 and it is smaller than yours and zip code is worse as it is East Cleveland schools.

I live in CA but have relatives in IA who recommended I invest in Iowa since investing in CA real estate is a bit out of my reach as a High School math teacher :PI'm not 100% certain where I'm going to end up investing, but Cedar Rapids is definitely on my short list of places to invest in so I thought it would be worth my time to introduce myself and hopefully get some wise advice from people who are already investing in Cedar Rapids. 

Thanks Jonathan,I did join the local CREIA, went to the new member orientation last month and plan to make the Note School seminar on the 13th.

Trying to wholesale to become a buy & hold investor is like going to law school to become a doctor. 

I guess the school of BiggerPockets is paying off after all.thanks for the help

I am in college and while all the classes and everything I take in school is great, nothing is really taught on how to underwrite a deal.

Is there anyone that can give some insight into which real estate schools are best in the area and how feasible it is to sell part time?