The easiest way to shop information on the markets is through turn key providers, once you get settled on a couple top contenders look at them in depth.

If you're particularly unlucky (I sincerely hope this never happens), you may have to contend with the odd lawsuit. 

Grand Rivers would be a contender though.

Without an inside scoop, this short window has been tough to contend with.

Having read 80% of them, I would contend that reading any 2 to 3 of them will get you off to a good start. 

If there IS a lot of movement, you might have a larger problem to contend with; call a cement contractor for an opinion. 

Incredibly low taxes, which could encourage more Americans to move there, but we're far away from that happening in any major fashion.Seattle/ Phoenix both seem to be strong contenders, but extreme weather could hamper these cities' growth.What do you think will be the best place to invest for the next 30 years?

To your point, however, I'll contend that Hawaii satisfies the criteria for unusual market conditions, particularly it's resilience to the '08 recession.

I've already done my numbers to make sure these properties are already contenders to purchase, but this is my first multi family purchase, so what should I be looking for or looking at when it comes to these properties? 

Since I have no funds for the downpayment, I also have no funds if they structure the renovation drafts to reimbursable and they don't upfront the drafts, so potentially, there are two sources of financing I need to consider - downpayment on the loan itself and any upfront renovation drafts (reimbursed each time)I realize I'm totally scrapping the bottom of the barrell with precious little as a starting point, but I'm sure others have made it in the past before and I'm hoping I can do the same following the wisdom of other investors every step of the process.I'm also considering a rehab only loan, if the sellers would allow this and split the profit with him, thus negating a sizable downpayment on loan (if any) and I'm only need to contend myself with the much lower rennovation loan costs, to which HML or private investors would be an option.