Where to Buy Investment Property in Northern Virginia

http://richeypm.com/?p=2976&preview=true Our topic today is deciding what kind of rental property to buy, and where you should be looking if you want to invest in northern Virginia. Before we talk about what you should look for, I want to tell you a little story that illustrates the advantages of a good rental location. I have been in the real estate business for 16 years, and my husband and I have bought and sold several investment properties. Even when you're experienced in real estate, you never know where the market is going to go. So we bought a property in the metro area and we decided we were going to flip it. We got to work renovating the property with the intention of selling it. When we bought in that location, we knew the market was changing, but we didn't know how quickly it would change. We knew that if we couldn't sell it, we'd at least be able to rent it. Well -- we didn't sell it. We started renting it out and...