Similar to certain segments of retail, not all office space is created equal and can therefore be vulnerable to digital disruption.  

Standard institutional lending such as FHA, VA and so on, well I would first advise a person that those are not the best routes for financing in the investment real estate segment, I would argue they are the worst for a viable REI business.

The Metro Atlanta Chamber identified fintech (financial technology), mobility and IoT (Internet of Things), health information technology, cybersecurity, B2B software, smart grid technology and film/digital media/entertainment tech as key growth segments. 

There are also good neighborhoods nearby to pick up some investment properties, although 1% rule is going to be tough to hit and the $350-450k price range is going to be slim pickings and highly competitive (due to the affordability issue here the entry-level price range is far and away the highest demand market segment).

New entrants to the landlording world will likely be most affected due both to learning curve and cost basis.Since you are in Kitsap CO,  Bremerton is probably your best market for investment real estate;  there are usually several small rental complexes available over there an any given time;   its certainly on my radar  (as while I'm in seattle,  I will no longer invest in seattle) but there are also other secondary/tertiary markets that might be worth looking at;  just make sure that the area has a decent economic situation,  and/or the property you invest in is substantially more desirable that most of its competitive segment is so that if things soften up economically,  you are still holding a property people will want to live in if they have lots of options.There are also other types of RE investing - commercial, out of state, flipping,  etc which depending on you and your husbands interests, skill set, and risk tolerance could be worth looking at. 

In RMLS I can create an advanced search that narrows in, not only on comparable sold properties, but also listings that have been cancelled, withdrawn, sold-not-listed, etc. to create a complete picture of the market segment I'm interested in.

It’s a larger market so, there’s a larger percentage of bad faith actors in all segments of business.

I will say, CoStar's analytics package is pretty good if you segment your searches by submarket.

If you follow my different threads I post in, you will find that I really like small multi-family (duplexes) and I still think you can find value in that segment but probably not in a luxury or high amenity environment.  

If you have a large enough radius you can do absentee-owner and even sub-segment that to of out of state absentee owner.