The process has helped me tremendously.

Consequently, business is slowing down tremendously.

Great job on the tremendous and fruitful project.

This site is a tremendous source of information and networking.What kind of investing do you do, and what does the term "investor-friendly agent" mean to you? 

What I mean is, I know in certain locations when you change from owner-occupied to rental your property taxes go up tremendously so what cities and/or states are the best to buy property in to offset this property tax situation?

Again, I thank each of you for your replies - they've been a tremendous help.

There are many great members here on BP who are tremendous resources of information and will help you greatly.

There are many members here on BP who are tremendous resources of information and will help you greatly.  

But when you compare apples to apples these bad areas have values and rents substantially higher than many if not all bad areas across the country and real appreciation bad area or not.. and the flip side is these areas in the CA also depreciated in some cases tremendously like Atlanta did and other markets.

Not to say it can't be done, but you'll likely find yourself doing things in a very suboptimal fashion -- which will have tremendous impact on both your budget and your schedule.My best recommendation is to find an experienced developer in your area, and offer to partner with him on the deal.