On the fence about Allentown PA

[Rigo V.]

Newbie to the real estate investing world here! I have been looking for the right area to buy and hold MFH for a few months now. I thought I had found the right area in Allentown PA. Low entry prices, potential appreciation of property, cash flow positive MFH's etc.

I did see a few posts today that concerned me a bit and was hoping someone could give me some insight.

1) Someone mentioned that Allentown has a ton of tenant laws that make it difficult for the landlord?

2) Someone else called Allentown a war-zone and to stay away.

Throughout this process I had always and still intend to hire a property management company to handle the day to day work for my rentals. Hopefully this would make it easier to handle #1.

Any advice or words of wisdom would help! Thanks