@Darrick Lowe, We just had a situation nearly identical to this-  Eastern PA.

Started buying right after the crash when the numbers just seemed too silly not to buy and then stopped buying and started selling right when covid hit.A few years before covid i was doing land flipping on a national basis and that was doing ok too.

I started looking at property areas long before selling and then went out more aggressively when the relinquished went under contract.The exchange company I used was @Dave Foster (The 1031x Investor and Exchange Resource Group) and the title company for both relinquished and replacement was @Tom Gimer of Eastern Title & Settlement.

We are barely making the minimum payment on the National Debt while we continue to print/print/print money.

We are still dealing with national supply chain issues on certain materials which has driven up the cost of almost everything.

There are some that jump to the asset class of the moment which is different from their core competency because various real estate can cycle at different times within a macro economic national cycle.I personally believe in you do one thing, do it world class level, and forget the rest.   

On average, homes in the area have seen an increase of 8.18%, significantly higher than the national average, which typically ranges between 2-3%. 

Quote from @Ko Kashiwagi: Hi Anna,Are you investing as a foreign national (with visa, Green card or ssn)?

@Andrew ThomasSorry you I was shift my focus from purchasing my personal residence to purchasing my first investment property as a realtor you should have access to a program called realist you can easily go in there and search for out-of-state or out of County owners one of the best ways to Market is handwritten envelopes it is almost a guaranteed open versus any other kind of marketing realist has so much information how long people have owned the property with their mortgages Etc I would also try to find as many wholesalers as possible and sign up for their list and look at how they are packaging their properties you will need to go and join some investment clubs a national Club you could potentially join is called Lifestyles Unlimited I'm sure the information they teach is also available on Bigger Pockets at the end of the day if you have a great deal you will always be able to find an investor for it

However, I just checked a national underwriter's manual, and it appears CD's are insurable, but there are criteria unique to them.