We sold for the Lancair and Columbia factory as a new dealer, delivered about 35% of their fleet until Cessna took over in 08, used to take new aircraft from Bend to Greensboro in one stop.

I have been funding mid west cash flow homes as and acquisition rehab lender for turn key companies since 2001. well over 2000 fundings  along with over 1000 fundings for buy and holders looking for longer term debt. plus I owned 350 cash flow homes in  MS GA INDY  Memphis and B Ham personally.So I can categorically tell you that the risk and hassle factor is exponentially tied to the value of the asset.. its simply makes logical sense.. if you buy the cheapest home in a given metro area what are you buying into.. ???

I'd be going after larger multiunits, but the financing options are much better on 2-4 units since they aren't commercial.Another factor is price- what can you qualify for?  

Another key factor is employment history.

A key factor I don't see mentioned in this thread is the interest rate of your student debt.

Fix and flipping and wholesaling are really no different than a shoe store or a widget factory.

Most Americans just go to an office or factory every day and hope they have a job tomorrow.

Price is a big factor I think.

The most important factor is to make sure your numbers are accurate and you understand what margin your buyers need to make the deal a success.  

I wasn't around then, you graybeards tell me if my understanding is correct, but what I'm given to understand is that values plummeted in military base towns, and in towns where a big military contractor (Boeing, Lockeed Martin, etc) had a big factory that everyone worked at, in both cases due to the broad expectation that the one base or industry propping the town up was about to go away (I grew up in one such town, the Air Force base became a ghost town [on base housing all boarded up, etc], then a superfund site, then a new home community years and years later, heh).