While @Phillip Austin mentioned Raleigh is a higher returns its just very much a appreciation market, you will not find rentals that cashflow, so depending on your goals its a good or bad market.

If not, ride out the 12 months with the hard money lender.People have to make good choices and not over extend themselves just for the sake of buying something they really can't afford or that doesn't make good cash flow.

Triple Diamond, Double Diamond, Diamond; nothing sounds bad) of sales levels, putting it on cards and advertising them.

., AirBnB) as it will expose your property to bad actors.Law enforcement and the legal system seem to operate quite slowly out there.

If they send you something for 500K and say it can be sold for 700K and you pull comps which show $550K then that is a bad wholesaler.

Surprised about the construction especially since the earthquakes are frequent and can be bad.  

But having a backup or two isn’t a bad idea, especially if deals start flowing faster than one person can handle.Good luck finding the right team!

Matt Scott, Incite Venture Capital and his team can be summarized as follows: over priced, non responsive, non professional agreement breaking, chip on their shoulder and otherwise a bad investment.

The cause of the 2008-2010 Great Recession was bad real estate loans - if you could fog  a mirror, you could get a mortgage!

Quote from @Collin Hays: I suspect that the Smokies is your best choice, simply because it is a year-round destination.