I've read the mid-west rent/purchase price ratio is higher then the national average.Thanks in advance!

I decided to start hustling and start making phone calls and sending emails to national brand retailers that already have some freeway locations in different regions on the OKC map and see if they are still expanding to other locations. 

The strong majority of my area is section 8 housing as Johnstown is one of the poorest cities in the nation.

@Ardian SelimiYou said Alaska high cost of labor makes it hard to pencil out on existing homes but I think that would apply to the new builds also.For personal residences, I have rehabbed a house hack and buy two homes and the builds came out unpredictable even though the first home’s national production builder and the second home’s local custom builder both had plenty of experience with cost and labor estimates.For my RE investments, I went with where I could have a a good chance with building a team/knowledge/mentoring/experience.I grew up in a house hack, started with a house hack and then started with student rentals and then out of state airbnbs.

Be wary if rents exceed 1/3 of average incomes.Absorption/Vacancy: Consult National Association of Realtors for market time and inventory insights.

So far a nationwide funding search targeting traditional national, regional & community banks; SBA lenders; & hard money sources has been unsuccessful for numerous reasons - not the least of which is their objection to financing or investing in our type of business. 

This may not be an increase on a national level, and I expect this to occur first and more blue collar areas and those areas that had seen significant growth over last three years.Will we have another 2008, I do not think so.

We have underbuilt housing for 14 years following 2008 and now we are 3-4 million homes short (some banks say 5), that will take a decade to catch up as a nation.  

Read Beginner’s Guide to help you get started: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingBest of luck here at BP Nation.

The position she just accepted is a 13k raise.Also, Covid really disrupted my work record, (we moved here knowing no one the day national emergency was declared and they put a hiring freeze on).