In the next week or so I'll make a trip to North Carolina and take a look at some of those areas a little closer. 

Previous owners have no federal "protecting tenants at foreclosure" protections; however, some states may have a redemption period (Like North Carolina) where previous owners may redeem the foreclosed property by paying an upset bid.

In fact, you can probably go further south into North Carolina or west into West Virginia to stay close.

I can get you a referral to someone licensed in NC.

NC gets a lot of love so just be ready to pounce. 

For example, I live in Raleigh NC, one of the hottest RE markets on the US right now.

Hi Josh, I'm in NC and did exactly as you are considering. 

I recently acquired a townhome in Asheville, NC that I'm operating as a furnished mid-term rental.

Rounding the bend on quarter 1 of 2024, let's look at the Raleigh Housing Market and see what's going on. This is using updated data from the MLS and Redfin.

Median Sales Price: $382k (down 2%)
Median Single Famil...

In-house construction, converted an 87,000 sf vacant KMart to Class A climate controlled self storage in Reidsville, NC, then 8 more projects What was the outcome?