The parts closer to the highways to the North and West are better areas as indicated by the map.

@Blake McFarlaneI bough my first property at 23 in west palm beach , first home now first investment property.

You might consider checking in to an area just west of Christian Park that doesn't usually show up on most neighborhood maps called Twin Aire.

pretty rare out west your not going to buy a house for 500k and all of a sudden get an appraisal for 1.5 mil.but there was a ton of abuse pre 07.. 

Our business goals are as big as the West Texas sky, so we are eventually hoping to scale from SFHs all the way up to units with 100s of doors under one roof in large metro areas.

I have a property in West Hartford, CT that I have a potential rent to own buyer/tenant for.

Also, West philly is growing nicely so I’m hoping mine will appreciate to double in the next 10 yrs.

From doing my preliminary searching it seems I can get started for very limited funds ($30,000) in some neighborhoods in the mid west.

Most of our properties are 1-4 units with a smattering of commercial as well almost entirely in South and West Sides (no suburbs).I don't really care about the size of the bank but, ideally, we would find a bank that has:- Great customer service- Competitive fees- Highly functional online platform (and services that can help reduce overhead, like remote check deposit)- A willingness to at least entertain lending to an operation like ours (long term financing and potentially some operating lines)Any ideas/intro's would be greatly appreciated!

You are going to have to target mid-west, southeast states likely for that price point.