This site is awesome for learning and networking.I'm apart of capital city reia in Alexandria and will be checking out others in the area.

You buy it and then you will pay property Taxes to the city!.

I was born and raised in Newark and now Invest (along with other cities and towns in Essex and Union counties) and Volunteer (youth mentoring) there.

Who knows, with all the traveling I do I can scout out possible investment properties in the different cities where I work.

I am not super familiar with the south side but I know Englewood has the highest murder rate in the entire city.

It is possible for the national index/etf/itb to be soring and the city/town in which you hold your properties just lost a major employer or vice-versa.For most real estate investors your best hedge is to buy your properties well - when performing diligence model the property with rent set under market, a sufficient allowance for vacancy & bad debt, and realistic to conservative operating expenses.

I'm not sure of the COL in Portland but the city of angels is quite costly.

Dumb question- where is Boise City?

On one hand the owners of the vacant houses with code violations are being hammered with administrative fees and code fees from the city, on the other hand if they have been vacant for so long I am sure many other investors have already gotten their hands on the owner or something is wrong with the property to not have been sold and rehabbed by now.

I was introduce to a website city-data.com, while it give info, I found them to be outdated.