Charlotte is a healthy market, there are also cheaper opps in the suburbs of Charlotte that could be attractive as well due to low barrier of entry and higher returns.

That said with this use, they will deduct a healthy remediation cost due to that risk.

It's a healthy and diverse economy with projected growth, but its also a city surrounded by open build-able land, which means it doesn't have the same kind of condensed urban core, where scarcity of land drives rapid appreciation like in other major cities. 

Over the last 30 years I’ve bought over 600 properties at foreclosure auctions, and a healthy percentage of those properties were owned by an investor who at one time thought they were making a smart real estate investment.  

Due to Jess's declining health, I quit my full-time job in IT over one year ago and only recently started working part-time again.

Any recommendations on other neighborhoods that have a healthy mix of distressed/retail properties?

Some townhomes (not condos) can be good deals;- HOA is healthy- HOA allows rentals iwth no limits.  

Rinse and repeatToday the US economy, stock market and RE market is healthy.

@Carl Mayer Unfortunately, northern Colorado is not immune from the issues facing the entire front range and that is an influx of people and not enough places for them to buy.

I will pray for you and your family on a healthy and successful pregnancy and birth.