Given your proximity to the NH border, you might as well include NH multis in your searches. 

Article on the top 10 zip codes for 2019 which are good places to start investigatingTwo are in Michigan - Grand Rapids - 2 hours outside of DetroitLivonia Mi - Borders Detroithttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/0...

Do I need auto insurance in a state that's 3 borders to the east of mine?

That would be a long haul from Green Bay, so have been looking near the IL border.

If you decide to cross the border into WI - the Kenosha/Pleasant Prairie market is seeing tremendous growth.

It's a market full of intelligent people all looking for a deal and an angle, so information doesn't stay secret for long.The West End has been up and coming for a while, but it's priced in at this point and those properties are selling for a lot.My general recommendation is to find a neighborhood you like but feel priced out of, and then go in any direction and find where the neighborhood ends or starts to change - where it borders with another area.

I mow part of the lot up to the overgrown Shrub/weed line that borders the pool to keep that side bordering my property halfway presentable.

Up here in Jackson we're right on the border with Idaho, otherwise I would just focus on one state.

That's like the border of the puzzle.

My wife and I live in Portsmouth, Virginia (close to the border of NC).