The Tri-state area and New England are more litigious.

Where I am from in Small Town, New England, there is a big supply of triplexes and 4-plexes, and if you look hard enough, you can find one that achieves the 1.5% rule and allows you to live for free. 

I am up here in New England (northern MA/southern NH) and for the past 6-8 months the prices on REO properties have increased about 30%, making the margins on these rehabs very thin.  

Again, I am a bit of an old New England purist when it comes to these things but I have done more than my share of stripping houses of vinyl and aluminum at customers requests, and found all types of garbage underneath.

Hi my name is Sean I’m a general contractor in the New England area I get a lot of my clients through people doing a search for contractors in the area and just calling around maybe do a search engine like a home advisor and just read reviews I hope that helps

Do you happen to know anybody in New England you would recommend talking to? 

They're hard money lenders in New England and are great to work with and have relatively low rates.

I'm used to 250-280 back in New England.

Yes, I had read about a team/couple, the New England Family Housing enterprise and Neighborhood Stabilization grants before I purchased in this area.  

Anyway, I have an offer in on a house in springfield, close to Western New England University.