@Jason Fletcher You may want to look at the tool www.crimemapping.com in Jefferson County if you are concerned about safety, it relays the recent crimes and what types of crime they are. 

In Louisville, you can go to the hall of justice on Jefferson and go to the small claims/evictions clerk's office on the third floor and ask them which courtroom landlord tenant court is happening in.

The city is Shelbyville and closest Metro is Louisville/Jefferson County which seems to be pushing out into Shelby County.The sample size is small, given the population 30,000 for the 40065 and projected pop of 33,500 in 5 years.n Less than 4 miles to the Interstate (I-64 in between Louisville and Lexington) and less than 3 miles from "downtown area" which again given the pop, is not exactly a bustling center of progress, though it is being revitalized. 

Looking at the areas of more or less desirability really depends on your goals, in Louisville (Jefferson County) you can typically find that the rents are the lowest towards the west closer to the river and increase as you move east.

@Jefferson Mondragon welcome to BP and congrats for considering investing in real estate. 

Hello Bigger Pockets,My name is Kyle Henry and I am from the thriving metropolis of Bryson City, NC (approx. population of 1500), which is located about an hour southwest of Asheville, NC at the foot of the beautiful Great Smoky Mtn.

Louis, now residing in Jefferson County Mo.Warning: The Podcasts are addictive!

@Jefferson Mondragon welcome to BP! 

@Jefferson Mondragon  I see that you are super eager to get started and take action...

@Adrianne TolentinoIf you are looking at cleveland I would recommend being in areas on the West Side of Cleveland like West Blvd, Cudell, Old Brooklyn, Clark Fulton, Edgewater, Jefferson, and Brooklyn Centre.