The Pocono area including Stroudsburg is made up heavily of former and present New Yorkers.

Selling our 2/2 San Miguel de Allende condo. 

Should I just buy a single family home(because I presently still rent) and just find other locations for mid term rentals?

I want to be throughly informed before I try to present any type of investing opportunity to them, because aside from hearsay, I'm not knowledgeable enough about MTN's to know if it is an investment that my clients would be interested in or not.

While it does have a university and college present, has anyone had any experience investing in this area?

You will break even on this project if you are lucky.The first thing we do when presented with a deal is to simply add the purchase price to the rehab estimate.

But of course, living in Pueblo would present issues commuting to work and also, from what I've seen and read about, possesses less potential for growth, has higher crime, and will demand lower rents.I'd love to get a MFH  but they're prohibitively expensive in CS and I don't want to get over-leveraged for one, assuming I could even qualify. 

When you find a great deal and want to sign a contract with the seller do you sign it before you find a buyer or do talk to buyer, discuss the deals numbers such as and Max acceptable offer, what work needs to be done...

Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) and 1031 Exchanges are two commonly discussed options in this realm.

At present time you do NOT have a fully executed document/lease.