Well, this article says otherwise. 

Going over maps of known repairs with contractors showed that there were a few houses where people tried to have piers installed and ran out of money before hitting stable soil, others in the hyper local area did have to go to 100+ ft.  

Fellow Iowan as well.

The obligation to mediate, unless otherwise agreed, will terminate if the entire dispute is not resolved within thirty days of the date written notice requesting mediation is delivered by one party to the other at that party’s last known address (physical or electronic as provided in § 26).

I live and invest in Milwaukee since 2007, so probably a little bias here, but we are set up very well for future growth. 

I have been in the books and came accross Bigger Pockets, i would like to dive head first into real estate investing but the un known is a little scary.

My known options are hard money or private lending and then maybe doing a cash out refi, but rates would be high on both ends and will really cut into my cash flow. 

Quote from @Khaled El Dorry: I have a portfolio of 3 SFH's (2 in Jax and 1 in ocala) and 1 duplex in port charlotte (never flooded or damaged due to hurricanes) that have done very well for me.  

The migrant farm worker program works fairly well.

Because of cost, duplexes are are a better choice and compete well with SFH and or apartments. 4.