More and more companies are coming to setup a branch here, though, like Amazon, so that is also a good prospect for the region.

Would you have any recommendations of markets to look into; I was considering Tx, Ar, Pa, Ga, Tn, Nv regions.

Local to me there's a regional bank doing stated income and no appraisal HELOCs @ 75% CLTV or $100k, whichever is less.

And housing has had other crashes though many in the USA were more regional than national.

Depending on your region, and the cost of entry, $40k is plenty to get you off the ground on your first.

If your main priority right now is strong cash on cash return, one way investors achieve 15% returns is by identifying opportunities in once sleepy regions that are now becoming trendy, or quiet suburbs that have a sudden growth of employment. 

So its actually cheaper in a lot of regions to use CMU vs wood.

I’ll say in my region: the commercial retail market is taking a massive nose dive, that I can be certain of.

Regional trends are a good guideline to spot changes in the market.

Also, the PA Association of Realtors has a standard form for it, and that form includes phrasing that requires the seller to present the offer which triggered the escalation.its why I say that Real estate is SOOO regional you have some that get on here and have never heard of it yet they play in big markets and others that say its standard procedure.. and of course wholesalers I have not seen use it..