A must.Yes you can be a keyboard warrior for a bit using tools like Redfin, Zillow, Apartments.com, etc....Noone will understand your market better than a boots on the ground agent or property manager or contractor.

Conquer them my fellow warrior and show them who is their daddy!

I was able to find a contractor that a lot of local investors recommended to me: Nolan Ausan from Warrior Homes. 

And you're not proving anything to me, just being a keyboard warrior.  

I'm just about to put on one the market in Warrior (even further north) in the $130,000's range, which has several good comps to go on as well.It is a generally a desirable area, and I believe at the right price point and construction style (sorry, can't help you with that question) there is certainly potential there.

that was such a keyboard warrior sittin in my underwear on a tangent response.

When you graduate, you can march directly into enemy lines with the full confidence of a true RE warrior with the knowledge of being part of the world's elite special operators being superior to any foreign investor.I'll buy dinner too!

My opinion is that the ship has already sailed.If you are thinking that the road warriors are going to burn your house down, gold coins are portable.

Travis - The fan stopped working because the soffit vents were somewhat blocked by insulation installed by the weekend warrior that we bought the house from.As for conclusions about the effectiveness of these fans, I can say without a doubt that we'll recover the cost of the fan very quickly.

The books that gave me a full shift in perception: For Motivation: - Way of the Peaceful Warrior (Dan Millman) - The Magic of Thinking Big (?)