Particularly with Fannie/Freddie/HUD REOs, they have a bias towards owner occupants and a 'first look' period in many cases where they won't even consider offers from investors.

@Matt Sauls  thanks Matt actually I do comment on many posts were I think the information being given is off base, and if you follow the forums you will see this west coast VS mid west cash flow bias'....

I live in Katy so I'm biased.

I'm a little biased to NW Ohio.  

Any advice on non-biased resources or reliable reviews of other manufacturers?

Thanks everyone for your input.I'm biased cause I'm her mom, but she's a good kid.  

@Mark Barnes I may sound bias since I invest/prefer multifamily but you should definitely look into multifamily.

I may be biased because it's my adopted home, but Austin is nice.It's rated #1 by Forbes as a boom town:http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2016/01/14/...Top three cities to find a job:http://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/01-04-...One of the best to start a career (which is different than finding a job:http://austin.blog.statesman.com/2016/02/03/austin...Ranked #1 city for young families:http://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/05-10-...There are a lot more of these articles, these were just the first five that came up when I Googled "best cities to live".

Im of the mind that I can use my working time to  search, contact, analyze, etc properties for flips or I can use that time and energy for networking, finding leads, establishing my brand, etc--I do expect this to be somewhat biased as this is a real estate investors website.Look forward to hearing some input on this!

I'm an agent in the BH/Hollywood Hills so I'm a little bias but what an agent does bring to table is several things.