The process took 84 days from putting the Boston property up for sale using @Charlie MacPherson and his team, selling the house on the 31st of August, to closing on our six unit on 08 Sep. - We sold our house for almost 54k over asking price in Boston thanks to Charlie and his awesome knowledge of the market.

Depending on your Buying Capacity/Lending you might be overpriced directly in the University Locations and might want to identify some 'fringe neighborhoods' with solid transportation and rental numbers. * Community Banks and or Direct Lenders offer relationships with the banks (Should have Bank at the end of there name)* I own 25+ plus properties and have used some good and bad - let me know if you need introductions.* Working with real estate agents that are 'transactional' meaning using there money not syndicating others for future gain at the ones to work with neighborhood to neighborhood* they should be familiar with what projects, developments are on the rise impacting neighborhoods you are considering.* Delassandro's, Tony Luke's and Chubby's , Jimmy's, Joe's Steaks - Do not get sold out to the tourist traps.Let me know if you have any questions.Regards,Joe Scorese

I'm a little late with my introduction but I just recently moved to Franklin, MA from Dorchester(Boston), MA and now that most of the boxes are unpacked I decided it was way past due.How I got here: I purchased a two family home in the Pope Hills section of Dorchester in 2011.

Then I'm finally going to follow my own advice and buy a MFH here in the Boston area.

Here in Boston, showings are almost always done with tenants in place.

The logical explanation is that the grocery store invested money, time, and expertise into the transportation, display, and sale of the apples, and therefore deserves the extra money...man this stresses me out...The next time this came up was with a different speaker.

The Unofficial BiggerPockets Boston Meetup is here.Location: Sea Dog Brew Pub, 230 Mishawum Road, Woburn, MADate: Wednesday, September 11, 2013Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PMFormat: The first event will be mostly networking, so bring your business cards.

When done correctly this can easily equal or exceed the $ value of buying something used and rehabbing it, without any of the time, effort, complexity and $ uncertainty (hidden defects) of that process.It might be useful to think of it like buying fleet vehicles for a transportation business.

Hi Vince, Thanks for the welcome and good luck wishes.I'm based in Boston but of course would have no qualms heading out to Western Mass for a good deal!

(Sometimes communities will require a certain amount of yard per SF of House footprint.)You could check on Craig's List to see what the difference in rental rates are Parking/no parking.By the way, how close are you to public transportation?