As part of FIG I am noticing very stable jobs in the South Salt Lake/Lehi areas that are a little less affected by Oil prices.  

If you aren't thereto personally oversee maids, repairs etc. it can be very expensivei know ocean props require a lot of maintenance upkeep just due to the salt in the air (my aunt had a 2nd home and talked about how the salty enviro eats thru everything sooner or later. 

If your property is in Galveston then be prepared to deal with a ton of more maintenance due to the salt water and air that rust out everything.  

Disclaimer: Take my interpretations with a grain of salt. 

Did not go to college so take what I say with a grain of salt.

I am young and hungry, with a desire to understand the Salt Lake/Wasatch Front market better than anybody, which is why I decided to get into the business and get my license when I was just 20 years old...

Hi,   I live in California, I recently visited Salt lake city, UT and was amazed to see how SLC has so much of housing & infra development going on.

(I've never wholesaled though so take my advice with a grain of salt)I'd personally shoot for a BRRR buy and hold strategy.

Summary - Be very careful buying low price rentals in the Indy Market and take the pro-forma's of any turn key with a huge grain of salt I purchased from High Return Real Estate in July of 2017 not knowing anything about the market aside from listening to their podcast selling Indy really hard and why it is such a great rental market.I took the bait but unfortunately it has been nothing but issues.

Then there's the good old save like crazy from your current cash flow and personal savings to build your "war chest" until you find an investment you like.Finally, I would take the advise of folks who live in the midwest with a rather large grain of salt ... their markets are completely different from SoCal and their advise may be sound for their market, but it does not hold water for SoCal.