Is it close to the MT border?

1) Guntersville Lake / Tennessee River area in Alabama (Guntersville, Scottsboro, Stevenson area): looks like it might attract a lot of folks from all over Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia (Birmingham, Huntsville, Decatur, Chattanooga, and maybe also Atlanta and Nashville)2) The rural areas outside of Asheville, North Carolina: specifically Old Fort, Mill Spring, Marion, Hendersonville, Pisgah area, Nantahala area: looks like it might attract folks from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and possibly Tennessee (Charlotte, Spartanburg, Greenville, Rock Hill, Winston-Salem, and possibly Atlanta and Knoxville)3) Northwest South Carolina (Savannah River, Lake Hartwell, Lake Keowee, Lake Jocassee area; bordering on Nantahala & Chattahoochee Forests): looks like it might attract folks from South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia (Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson, Atlanta, Asheville, Charlotte, maybe Chattanooga & Knoxville)4) Lake Anna northwest of Richmond, Virginia: looks like it might attract folks from all over Virginia (esp Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, and maybe Washington DC or Virginia Beach / Norfolk / Hampton)5) Front Royal / Winchester in northwest Virginia: near Shenandoah / Skyline Drive / Blue Ridge Mountains.

I've known over 100 investors across the country personally for the past 15 years....fewer than 10 of them invest out of state, and several of those are just across the border in places like New England / Kansas City / St.

You are probably looking for someone in the western border of Wyoming, which I can't help with.

Values definitely higher north of the border and quality of tenants higher.  

They were mostly utilitarian, bordering on junky or downright outdated.

Detroit still has its problems, but those problems have very little impact on the surrounding areas...even those cities bordering Detroit.No, right now, and for the near future, Michigan is an investors dream...the good kind.Joe VilleneuveREcapSystemA2REIC

Is the border to Massachusetts the best bet or are there other booming areas? 

On the Zillow map I see that from one side houses are selling for about 250k but on the other side (Oaklyn) it’s under 100k, it’s in Collingswood but it’s on the border with Oaklyn.Any advice is appreciated.

I am also looking at the market since I live in Georgia , Valdosta is the place where I usually take a stop when I am traveling to Florida because it is right at the border.