Hey All, music composer here getting into the RE game through BRRR, flips, and rentals. 

Those tend to be the neighborhoods that are gentrifying.Unique stuff to Pittsburgh I would say is don't go based on zip codes since one zip code can be composed of multiple different areas/neighborhoods.

Western Oregon is surprisingly composed of smaller single family lots, usually around .10-.15 of an acre.

There are plenty of REIAs in the Dallas area  that are composed of  a fair amount  Real Estate Investors.  

Code Enforcement in my market has just recently started, as part of their tenant turnover inspections, to document the material composing the water inlet pipes where they enter into the basement. 

I am a musician and composer that works with electronics so, I’m seeing the loft which is probably 6 x 8‘ as a potential studio however, I do plan to AirBnB it for the next several yeas.

We were still trying to be calm and composed as we did not want to ruffle the feathers.

The transfer tax is 5% and composed of 2% transfer tax and 3% capital gains.

As everyone here has mentioned, a team is composed of a realtor, contractor, lender, and property manager.

Take a few minutes to compose a statement about everything and that should be a good start.