I have 9 doors across Memphis and Detroit.

That being said, I know of 2 guys on here that crush it over there, but they are more local to that area than you and I.You are going to run into lender problems over there with prices as low as they are.

Running rental properties in St John's metro area, NL love to have a meet up with like minded investors in the town [email protected] 

I redid the bathrooms, put new flooring,  replaces doors & windows n fix the gutters garage & plumbing. 

Run the comps yourself on the ARV, and ignore the agent.

Was next door to my apartment (1 bed) and I was going to combine the two and turn them into a 3 bed.

Bay area in the long run will continue to outperform.There are signs and indicators but there's no timing the market from my 16 years of investing.

Run models that investigate every possible path you can imagine. 

Reducing your rental rate to place a tenant faster will usually pencil out better in the long run as opposed to more vacancy at a higher rate.I am being pretty conservative with my rental estimates when helping clients look for potential properties to buy.

Running your numbers is important and can also help give confidence that you're making a strong decision even when discomfort kicks in.Keeping track of the things to do while under contract was a little disorganized; so had a couple of things to scramble for before closing.