I'd pref to invest for cashflow so I can benefit from the rewards NOW instead of waiting to that magical day comes.I like to invest remotely on the mainland in south and southeast for cashflow and choose to live here in paradise.

At that price range, you are probably looking at Midwest or Southeast markets.

Gilbert/Chandler are basically the Peoria/Glendale of the Southeast Valley.

Im wondering if i should wait things out and sell at the height of the market, use that money to buy other investments properties when the correction comes (it's also my primary residence so i can keep all my capital gains) OR Should i simply use a "open HELOC" get properties now while this appreciation is rising, primarily in the south east where you can buy multiple properties for a lower cost?

I would say, in general, Alpharetta is more of an appreciation market (HCOL area similar to Californa/Seattle/etc.) than it is a cashflow market (midwest, southwest/southeast GA or northeast GA, etc.).

Wisconsin: South east?

I still rue the day that I thought my accounting class in college was boring and I dropped it to take the pre-history of Southeast Asia! 

We are currently temporarily located in the panhandle of Nebraska, around 2 hours north of Fort Collins.

@Brandon Henderson,I would think that now would be a great time to start networking by whatever means you can, though I confess it's challenging to talk about moving TO Florida in the wake of Harvey while Irma is drawing a bead on Florida and the south-east coast of the U.S.

I plan to buy my first properties in Houston and New Orleans, but am open to opportunities across the southeast and Texas.