Many people who are dismayed by their college experience majored in crap like psychology, sports management, history, eastern european literature or some crap that won't land them a good job.  

You'll be able to stretch your dollars much further if you are in Eastern WA such as Spokane or the tri-cities, but again I'm assuming you will be limited to wherever you intend on working.

- I am in Eastern Kern County, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.Will you be staying or leaving?

Their business is a 24/7 Asian Food distribution service serving several midwestern and eastern states.)DL

I'm from Oregon orginally (eastern Oregon), but my portfolio is in Meridian ID. 

A buyer just today expressed concerns about Wildfire risk, premiums and insurability in Eastern Oregon.

When I first lived in the phoenix area in the mid-80s I was really surprized by the amount of grass and eastern landscape there was.

With that being said, we do not actively avoid certain areas because you'll find the overall economy in central Indy is doing very well for a number of investment strategies, including buy and holds.However, if I'm being honest, the areas that typically detour us and make us take additional time to assess and run numbers are primarily the eastern and western skirts (i.e. 38th street on either side) of the circle as you'll find slightly higher crime rates and you'll see a larger demand for rent-ready properties than for fix and flips necessarily.It just depends on how long you are willing to wait for those c/d class neighborhoods to appreciate - which is where that advantage of the buy and hold strategy comes into play again.

Anything in the Eastern PA, NJ, MD, DC or DE market I will look at!

I have discussed this with friends and associates from Eastern Europe, those who experienced socialism first hand.