I grew up in southeast Michigan and will not invest in Detroit proper.

Neighborhood-level data is more volatile, but in the past three months, median prices have dropped $397,000 in Kirkland-Bridle Trails, $125,000 in East Bellevue and $87,000 in Southeast Seattle.

I'm on the Tennessee side of the NC border and totally agree with you - still lots of opportunities in some of these southeast US markets. 

So after reading Bigger Pockets books and watching podcasts I thought it might be good to start in the mid west: IL, IN, OH, WI or in the south east AL, SC or AR.

As to location for your OOS investments, I'm in southeast Tennessee and while there are fewer deals now than 3 years ago, there's still plenty of cash flowing opportunities in the market.

I'm looking for a brokerage that serves the southeast Chicago and Northwest Indiana markets, where I can hang IL and IN broker licenses.

I'm located a few hours from Birmingham and I agree with you - there's still a lot of opportunity across the Southeast US.

For me, contractors are the biggest challenge.We should stay in touch and do some brainstorming.And as far as MA, I always recommend Plymouth, Bristol and Norfolk counties (South of Boston to the southeast, plus the Cape. 

I am a local investor from Chicago and looking for small multi unit buildings on South east side. (60608, 60623, 60632, 60609, 60629)I don't have the answer to your question but I can connect you with some other active wholesalers on south side who can help you.

I'm looking at a few different areas in the Midwest and Southeast but I'm struggling to found out how "rentable" an area is.