I consider Arecibo a place with higher crime and drug use and definitely not as much of an ex-pat presence when compared to cities 45 minutes west or less.

Others like the low cost of the mid-west and have the, skills, time and energy to manage a project long distance.What strategy to deploy will depend on your goals and what your skills, lifestyle, and capital allow you to accomplish and the balance of those 3.

Key west offers the highest of $1,786,950.00 and Naples-Marco Island slightly above $1.4M. 

The husband was transferred by the Coast Guard.

Familiar with FL and have been looking in Tampa area, Naples/Ft Myers, 30A, Space coast, and Jacksonville areas.

My father has roughly 14 acres of land about 15 min west of Asheville.

Quote from @Tim Ryan: You are an experienced investor that found a few off-market home runs, probably back when the market wasn't as hot and there weren't as many new investors cashing out equity to invest in mid-west states.

Smokey Mountains, gulf coast, Rocky Mountains, etc have been on the list, but we've all but decided on the smokey mountains. 

The west side of the lake from Homewood all the way up to the Nevada state line is all unincorporated Placer County on the California side.  

I'm a member of the US Coast Guard.