I'm from central CA and have done some investing here and in the Midwest, now looking in the Southeast. 

Note, this is not "on" an active fault line but not far from several VERY active seismic areas (Hollister 20 miles to southeast and Luoma Prieto near Santa Cruz roughly 40 miles to northwest).  

Birmingham is one of the more high end markets in southeast Michigan.

Below is a decent article on C class multifamily in the Southeast. 

Hello BP,My name is Travis and I'm located in Southeast Louisiana.

If there are in pros in the panhandle of Florida or anywhere in the south east for that matter I would love to buy you lunch and talk.

I would recommend looking to markets in the midwest or southeast that follow the 1% rule.I'm curious, which part of CA are you from and what grade do you teach?

Hello Everyone,I'm Ari and I'm a real estate investor in the Southeast Michigan market.  

We used the same approach in some other markets in the southwest & southeast & continue to use the approach as we invest in other markets outside of Chitown right now.

There is currently a children's hospital, a VA medical center, several medicine-related colleges, a research center, and will have a teaching hospital eventually.It's just South East of the Orlando International Airport.