I also have property in South East  Michigan, and North Georgia

I went to Southeast High (well the old one) and that is a solid working class neighborhood. 

Sounds like we're on the same page as far as evaluating deals in the Southeast.

For me...I live in SoCal but started investing in the Southeast because it's where I'm from and know the lay of the land and for the lower price point and the fact that these are municipals that are more landlord friendly (No rent control for one thing)2.

I’m a 23 year old who lives in southeast Nebraska.

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.