Im an investor and agent in Phoenix who's helped a handful of folks with 1031 transactions.

I've seen folks pick up single-family homes here for under $200K, add $20-30K in rehab, and refinance to pull out nearly all their capital.Indianapolis, IN: Indy is another fantastic market for first-time investors.

We've had two-four folks parrot their subto teachings on here for the last 2 years+, they come back under different aliases and re do it. 

well you might want to take a look at the new crop of Turnkey the folks i do business there are hardly lip sticks on pigs..

Gotta say, the discussions here have been pretty informative, especially with folks like @Taylor L. and Andrew sharing their insights.Looking at your list, I’ve actually known invetors who recently ventured into Memphis and Greensboro.

Most of these folks don't want to lose their voucher.Additional issue, when rent is too high, it slows down leasing. 

Note, as other folks pointed out and even a case filed recently in FL (Stark vs RAD) …the notes are not hard money or backed by any property.  

Book a flight from Portland to Orlando rent a hotel and car and go to the planning department and building department in person and get to the folks that were running the permit and discuss paths to completion..

There's been several arguments on here with people using historicals and gaslighting folks that dismiss them. 

If these folks owned their own home prior, I would probably take that as them having better credit at that time even without a credit report to support it.