Investing out of your area

[Gabriel Puerta]

How does one get a good understanding of the crime in neighborhoods besides looking at crime maps? I am from California and looking at investing in Kansas City, MO area.

[Taylor L.]

1. Go there! 
2. Make friends in the market who can tell you details about what it's like (careful, sometimes their info is a decade out of date and the line between good and bad has moved dramatically)
3. Local newspapers
4. Local forums, such as the area's Subreddit.
5. Local Facebook groups
6. Property Managers - ask them what they think about a specific area. If they tell you there's too much crime in a given area for them...there you go!