@Justin England@Jake StenzianoHi JustinYou have to plan for the end in mind.  

Hello All,I'm looking for apartment buildings in the New England Area. 

So what you're saying totally makes sense - I think I just need to mentally step out of the bubble of the New England area, where putting a home on the market tends to mean you will get 10 offers in a weekend. 

In New England, everything except the registry of deeds is by town, so when in doubt, go to the town website, not the county.  

@Scott England he's putting everything together tonight, should have the rest of the information this evening/tomorrow morning.

if you reach out to a mortgage broker, they can help you with state specific loans. since you're in Maine, you can easily find ways to get properties in New Hampshire and Vermont but I'm not sure about anywhere outside of New England. good luck!

We were stationed in England, and bought our first house there. 

That's the magazine I believe Jon is referring to, and they say for a wood deck replacement, the average cost(in New England, not sure about your area) is just over 10k and you should see about 70% of that recouped.

@Jeremy England Well that's kind of complicated.

I am new to real estate and have been learning the basics of buy and hold and flipping, everybody where I live (England) is telling me that now is the best time to buy a house because of the market but I want to be able to determine this myself.Can anyone help me or direct me to a post that deals with this?