I think in big destination areas where week long rentals are the norm the larger homes have a better chance because most of those bookings are made several months in advance.I have a friend involved with property management in the Outer Banks in your neck of the woods, and am blown away that 10-15 bedroom beach front properties book up for the summer consistently.

I did gain some muscle but put two days of work into helping the seller move.

Sounds like you are in my neck of the woods.

There are good and bad pockets.https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/austins-housing-authority-flexes-new-muscles-in-expansionI wouldn't let that deter me from investing, but maybe there are areas with better potential.

Puts me in your neck of the woods- NV, AZ, NM, etc so far.

yes but I think he means start analyzing the deals that are currently marketed in those areas just as a matter of getting muscle memory and learning the product in that area. 

I thought I had life by the neck...

Im not saying it’s a bad play, we own in Tacoma too, but the Same $ buys us better product closer to your neck of the woods.

I relocated to Cali for work but home is originally just south of hattiesburg, not far from your neck of the woods! 

Plaster, in my neck of the woods and target properties, is always plaster-on-lathe, usually wood, very occasionally metal.