What are the zip codes to avoid in Montgomery and Burmingham AL?

[Parth Patel]

I am a first timer in RE investment and researching various markets. Due to attractive property tax and tenant laws, I am looking at some markets in Alabama as well.

What are B+ zip codes in Montgomery and Birmingham? And more importantly what are the zip codes to avoid.

[John Patton]

Do you want to know what a neighborhood or zip code is like. Go ride in that area between noon and 3 pm. See if any of the houses are burned out or boarded up. Or if there people hanging out besides kids and should be working.  Is so leave and don’t come back. If you don’t see the boarded up or burned out then stop and ask about the neighborhood with postal workers and or utility workers  . These folks are on these streets every day and they know what is going on.

Talk to local investors that know the neighborhoods not people hundreds of miles away from the area you are looking at. Good luck JP