From my experience I can tell you that I have done real well and as long as you put all your systems in place and build a good team then you will do better then the guy investing in the a-b areas on a cashflow basis.

I say if you are starting out, put yourself in the best deal you can get in a B neighborhood and fix it up with OPM.

I would give this company an A for convenience and a B- for customer service, however I believe they are striving to improve in the areas they fall short.

You should definitely be using a CRM for tracking your KPIs, and do some A-B testing of different outreach campaigns for your market.

The areas where homes are 30k and under will be higher risk areas.The following shows the risk grade for areas within Toledo based on eight risk indicators retrieved from the most recent census.If you are not sure what I mean by "grade" read this:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2015-12-09-class-a-b-c-d-real-estateNow if I filter by home values, we get this.As you can see, when filtered for home values 30k and under, most of the areas left will rank as F grade locations.

Sprinkle in some higher end boring A-B class stuff in there.

It helps to have a plan A, B, & C etc.

Hi Memphis Fam,What are your favorite area to invest as A/B neighborhood in Memphis ?

I bought in an A-, B+ neighborhood I believe, Polish Hill, in the city of Pittsburgh.  

If the seller tries to sell it to someone else, the title company doing that transaction will discover the option and that will prevent this second sale.Now, if both your AB and BC transactions are being done the same day, there's not much time for A to try to sell to someone else.The C buyer's lender will discover you're not the owner.