Look for areas with good schools and low crime, then narrow in on specific neighborhoods.

My kids have the opportunity to attend a great school so we're moving.I think there's an opportunity here to get creative.

." --- What is holding you back, I can already tell you that buy and hold is probably the best bet for you (I can already tell you don't want another job flipping, short-term rentals, old-school landlord, etc.), but why haven't you figured this out on your own yet? 

We rent the boats with a captain, and meet the renters at the lake, take them out, teach the participants to wake surf, wakeboard, kneeboard, or go tubing. 

@Grant Schroeder and I both went to school at GFU and Grant has quite a few investment properties in Newberg.

My wife was surfing the internet and saw a page with the title "Investors are selling their real estate because...". 

This property is part of my real estate school of hard knocks tuition.

Doing a BRRR with no prior REI experience is a bit like trying to surf a 50 foot wave before even learning to swim--the chances of success are low, and the chances of disaster are high. 

I'm planning on house-hacking properties I can add value to, and taking out more loans using my equity to scale my portfolio.My fun fact is, post high school I spent three years traveling the country and visited 22 states.

well having done this for years and years I can tell you people in foreclosure are not going to do this. they wont understand it.. they are in distress . they are not investors.. the main goal for most is to stay in the home as their kids are usually in a school etc.Safest way is to buy it straight up they leave you pay them whatever you agree to for equity and your both down the road.