You can still find properties around 120K–180K that hit the 1% rule and produce real cash flow, plus there’s strong appreciation potential because of all the development happening.

I wouldn’t plan on paying myself until I had developed enough income for it to make sense.

In my experience, the tasks that eat the most time are not the “big” decisions.

Quote from @Marcus Ball: After struggling with local rehab properties in California, I switched to build-to-rent developers and chose a 1031 exchange.

You can still find properties in ranges where the 1% rule is possible depending on how you buy, and there’s a ton of appreciation upside because of all the development and job migration happening.

Newark continues to show new development.

I am a developer & land specialist in Florida.

@Grant Shipman you may want to remove this line, "I've developed, use with all my coliving properties, and teach HPM (household-led property management)" as it appears to be self-promotion.

Unfortunately, bed bugs can be in a house for 9 weeks before a full blown infestation develops and they're found by bites. 

It is the State capital, there is a lot of economic development, economic development creates jobs, jobs drive demand for housing, demand for housing supports increasing rents and property values.