@Bryant Moran  please take no offense but your asking some really basic questions that you should have solid answers for before you waste time energy and money trying to do RE deals

Yes, property is cheaper, yes you can invest more easily but you are likely moving to somewhere very alien to you and your spouse.I left CA in 95 to move to the Midwest which I left in 1971 and found that culture was still in the 70's (NO offense meant to you living there)  It is just a huge difference to NorCAL even if you move to a University town where you think that there would not be such a difference. 

Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.Attorney Pleads Guilty to RICO and 10 Felonies for Mortgage Fraudwww.mortgagefraudblog.com/attorney_dea_character_pleads_guilty_to_rico_and_10_felonies_for_mortgage_f/Jun 9, 2009Dea Character was indicted with eight defendants and six companies in a 60-count indictment for mortgage fraud offenses involving seven houses located in Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Lyndhurst, Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike.

No offense...but you’re paying down a 3% mortgage with money that could earn 7-10% elsewhere for the sake of phantom cash flow

No offense intended.If you're going to become a serious investor, you need to know how to make money work for you.

Bro: "It's just like really offensive.

Don’t take offense to their warnings.

No offense, but it could be just your management.

I have seen a state or two that has laws on the book, for a criminal offense, if i a tenant intentionally destroys a landlords property.

no offense but do you really think its right to go into contract on a distressed property when you personally have no means to close it. and the only way you can is if you find a buyer.