Idk it could be me but nothing appraises high there.

There are several lenders that will lend 80% of the appraised value, but for that high leverage point, most (if not all) lenders will require an appraisal. 

If you want to manage your own properties, I would highly recommend buying within an hour of your primary.

Highly recommend you DM @Samuel Eddinger and buy him lunch to pick his brain!

I think it is fair to say that there is somewhat of a tradeoff between markets that provide positive cash flow on day one and relatively high appreciation-based markets.

There are a lot of high character folks who get sucked into garbage Co-GP style guru programs.

Quote from @Jimmy Rojas: I live in Arizona and homes here are sky high, youd be lucky to get %6 interest rate, I would be a 1st time home buyer, apart from being 1099 employed would Trumps real estate plans benefit the little guys like me? 

It's acceptable as an area though the flips I saw weren't great quality.  

I do well, at least enough to go on vacations as a family, put money into high yield savings accounts, max out the ROTHs and add to investments when I can with money saved in savings and checking accounts.

@Samuel Coronado - the challenge is that there will likely be a very small number of renters looking for a house that size, as well as that can afford a rent amount that high who won't just buy otherwise.