Learn to analyze properties and run the numbers on houses you go see and ones you don't see for practice.When you feel more comfortable and ready to take action, go to a bank for pre-approval and see what you can afford.Use this number to narrow down your search and see what areas will work for you.

Now I am trying to narrow it down.

My concern is that it's a 55+ which will narrow the buying pool.  

I haven't narrowed my search down yet, but I do keep meaning to put KC and put KS.

Based on all of the above, the numbers are still pretty tight. if the bank comes back with a higher price, the margins get too narrow at some point.Hope that helps!

Narrow down the properties to those you can afford off their assessed value(loosely)4. 

For example, if you want to buy single family ranges in a particular town, that narrows the search down and then you can move on onto step 3Step 3: Find contact info for every one of these people: cell phone, home phone, emails, social media profile, home address, etcStep 4: Put the information into a database: I like using a CRM like Follow Up Boss, but you can use an excel sheet to startStep 5: Market to these people: call(on a dialer), email, message on social media, door knock, mail, etc. until you get one on one appointments with themStep 6: Make offers that allow you enough room to make money

Narrow your neighborhoods down to a few.  

Hopefully it helps you to start narrowing your focus on what you need to be looking for right now before starting down the path of investing out of area.

How do you narrow your list into getting the sub2 deals from listsource or any list program?