We are an hour west of Tahoe in an extremely rural area with very few options when it comes to any and all services. 

Quote from @David G West: Hi,We bought a property last year thru an LLC and the previous owner was there for 2 years so he sold it with no capital gains. 

I myself do care about them because so many fix and flips in the mid west markets are AFFORDABLE housing that is desperately needed to get folks out of rental rat race and throwing their money away on rent. 

Perhaps call the Pro Desk at the Home Depot in west Asheville (on Acton Cir).

I'm new to REI and considering purchasing a live-in BRRRR in the Denver area: ideally in the area West of Colorado and North of City Park. (1) Has anyone had success in the last couple years with this strategy and area? 

Many investors from California are investing in the mid-west because of the yearly cash returns making more sense in these lower priced markets.

The last sections of Pasadena where you used to get "cheaper" homes at North West Pasadena (between Washington and Woodbury and Fairoaks and Lincoln) were homes used to be under $700k are now going for $900k as fixers and over a million when renovated or addition of sq ft!!

The east side and the west side still have some opportunities in the right hands because they are still going through gentrification. 

I live in the area and the small towns on the West side (of the Wyoming Valley) and South of W-B have been good for me over the past year. 

The cost of entry is much higher than the mid-west but so are retail houses.