The City of Columbia can be incredibly difficult to deal with and always seem to find a way to say "no" to just about everything. 

In our area PNW there is a lot of granite available some of it is incredibly ugly.

In addition to all of that, I immediately got a meetup going in Bend, which was handed off to @Grayson Graham  and he's been doing an incredible job building on it. 

It's not often that investors specifically target that area as it's incredibly challenging working with the tenant base, crime & the practically bankrupt city.......Is it purely a pricing play for you as you can get in there for next to free?

I have settled on the strategy of house-hacking to start off my adventure with the incredible power it can have of reducing expenses to free up for more investments and focusing my research on this niche per Brandon’s principles.My plan was to simply watch and wait.

@DeShaun Sellers Congrats on the incredible equity found between purchase price and appraisal!

You've come to to the right place Jeffrey, BP is a world of incredible people with lots of information to help you during your journey.  

This is my first deal and using this method has been incredible to jumpstart my real estate investing career. 

Read the website, listen to the podcasts, get some of the books others recommend.If you want a roadmap and turn-by-turn directions from where you are to "incredible real estate success" you can pay gurus all day long for real estate education.

With a good plan you can find good techniques to fit into the best loan for you.