New investor - Looking at Vegas and a few other markets

[Kellan Martz]

I am a younger attorney located in Los Angeles with experience in government and landlord/tenant law.  I've decided to take the first steps into real estate investing with a business partner, also located in Los Angeles.  

We would like to start with a short sale or foreclosure property that is under 100k.  We are open to a single family home or condo.  We would then rent the property out and sell when the time is right, but preferably in 1-2 years from purchase.  

We have also looked at Buffalo, Detroit, Boise, Houston, among others.  

If anyone has any advice, research links, helpful ideas, etc., please post them as a reply.  I stumbled across this website and forum, and am very excited to see what it has to offer.  Thanks in advance!