All Forum Posts by: Coleman Cox

Thanks for the note @Kevin Miller! I'll shoot you a message separately

Hi All,

I am a new but committed out-of-state real estate investor. I've finished my research at the MSA level and chosen Columbus, OH as the market I first want to enter for various reasons; primarily budget, price-to-rent ratios, population growth, job growth, job diversification, etc.

As I begin my research at the submarket level, I'm first looking to get a lay of the land of the different neighborhoods and ultimately map the city with "A"-"D" grades for each neighborhood. If any locals are willing to connect and share some knowledge on this it would be greatly appreciated! I will be looking for business partners in the near future.

@Eric Fernwood - this is awesome! Thank you so much for the detailed info, will definitely work this in to my research.

Thanks all very much for the info, appreciate it! Looking forward to diving in.

Hi All - I've recently been bitten by the real estate bug; I've just finished Brandon Turner's Book on Rental Property Investing and am all-in on BiggerPockets. I'm still in the information gathering stage at this point but want to start analyzing realistic deals.

I live in the Bay Area of California which is outside of my budget, so will likely be taking on some form of David Greene's long distance property investing. I'm having trouble focusing on a handful of key metrics that will help me narrow down my analysis to a few broader markets (city / state). I'm thinking historical property appreciation, price-to-rent ratio, and maybe vacancy rates are a good place to start. Does anybody have any other ideas and/or sources of information for the metrics? Or does anyone have a method for choosing markets to enter when going the long distance route? Thanks!