Trent Roberts
Analyzing neighborhoods when purchasing rental properties
Hello everybody! I am new to Bigger Pockets and I am beginning my search for my first rental property. I have found several promising leads but am unsure of how to best analyze the quality of the neighborhood in which...
RJ Javalgi
New member to Bigger Pockets!
Hi Everyone! I'm RJ, a Cleveland Ohio Native and a novice real estate investor. I've devoured every book published by BP and am currently reading J Scott's e-book on recession proof investing. They all have been incr...
Aaron W.
A vs B vs C vs D neighborhoods?
New real estate investor looking for properties. How do you know the difference between an A, B, C, and D neighborhood? I believe an A neighborhood is pretty straightforward as a high end, expensive. A D is what I ...
David Beard
MLS Strategies in locating properties
I’ve recently gotten my agent’s license and have been reviewing MLS data with an eye toward picking up good flip properties. For those of you that use the MLS for this purpose, I was hoping that you would share some ...
Kasia Harmata
How do I figure out the ARV if there are no comps ?
I am looking a certain neighborhoods and looking to find the ARV's for 2,3,and 4 unit buildings. For some of these, I can't find comps, even by searching as far back as the MLS states. If I buy a property, renovate, a...
Andre McCullough
Investing in Baltimore MD
What is YOUR opinion with buying and holding real estate in Baltimore MD.. I have been seeing what I think are decent deals with town homes selling between 25k-$35k. Some properties need some remodeling and some need...
Josue Guerrero
Is This A Good Deal?
So I found this brick 4-plex in Raleigh today. It is about 5 or 6 minutes away from a major university (NC State) and also a couple of minutes away from downtown. Judging from the photos of the interior it seems to b...
Yaron Avidan
What's your opinion about investment in Cincinnati, OH
Hi BP people,I'm looking for a new market for investment, I am a foreign investor. Looking for SFH's that will cashflow in decent neighborhoods, suburbs or towns near the city.Since I don't know the area, any thoughts...
David Christie
Characteristics of First-time home buyer neighborhoods
All,We have decided that it is time we move our investing out of our local area. We want to find First-Time Home Buyer areas, but are having a hard time identifying the characteristics as we start our search of new a...
Joelle Thiel
Denver agents and neighborhoods
My husband and I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area. By early 2019 (after the youngest starts college) we're planning to move out of California, likely to Denver. Over the next two years we will be expandi...