@William Montgomery for many new investors, buying their first rental can be intimidating and there are all sorts of perilous challenges!

@Drew Sygit Haha, fair point — I know, I’m probably setting some kind of posting record before even closing on my first deal!

No way to rationalize cost of flying from say PDX to SFO in 2.5 hours or 1500 bucks one way compared to maybe 500 to 700 first class in those days.. 

Kiln dry and plane worth $96,000.  

Well, if you buy & renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what Tenant Class will actually rent it?

Congrats on gearing up for your first BRRRR, Tyre! 

Your first question shouldn't be WHERE to invest (that is #2 question), but HOW you will invest!

I was denied a couple months ago by Allstate for fire risk for the first time ever. 5 miles from a major casino in the middle of a large community in the red rock area of Las Vegas. 

Eventually, Class A property values increased to the point that even increasing rents didn't allow them to cashflow upon purchase.So, the flood of new investors switched to buying Class B properties.

In my market class c- areas have appreciation that exceeds most markets class A areas.