For those of you in the rest of the country, marinate on what the OP just said.

I am a new investor to the area of real estate, my previous experience has been mainly with 2 SFR that I have purchased and of those two one is my primary residence whilst the other has been sold already.My previous professional experience involves starting up and running a successful insurance firm for 5 years in Wisconsin after which I transition to a more "active" profession by enlisting and deploying with a Marine Corps unit.

The problem I see with the strategy you describe is that my one rental in the Bay Area that generates $5,000 in monthly cash has one roof, one hot water heater, one furnace (we generally do not need air conditioning in southern Marin due to our mild weather). 

I served eight years on active duty in the Marine Corps and spent most of my time doing marketing, public relations and advertising.  

But the thing is, I don't want to completely rely on other people to manage my money, so I've been experimenting with a bunch of alternative investments, including some exotic ones, like marine vessel acquisition, law firm financing, lawsuit pre-settlement advances, etc. 

I am glad to see others in St Clair County joining the community and trying to become financial free :) Marine City definitely has opportunities if you are looking to stay close to home. 

This house was a foreclosure that she had bought back in 2011, located in Havelock, North Carolina, and only 5 minutes away from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

I am a former Marine so I've spoken with the VA about this before....but maybe I didn't word it correctly or something. 

The area continues to hold great job prospects and famous colleges... and rich people around the world retire in places like Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Los Altos/peninsula, I would not bet on dramatic price drops nor dramatic increase. 

He was recently out of the Marine corps & had a Chem Eng degree.His side gig was cleaning restaurant & commercial kitchen grease hoods.