Hi Rick,As of now, I am using a local wholesaler New Western Acquisitions.

Hey @Bizi Kayumbi - you should contact the guys at NEW WESTERN ACQUISITIONS in Dallas.

We have a pretty intense traffic issue in Western Washington which likely won't be mitigated until out light rail system expands, and it's planned to be operational in the north end sooner.  

IMO violence in the media and therefore in western culture, along with other social dysfunction prevalent in society today, is a huge and unspoken part of the problem.

For those who are interested, here are two links for info on the Phoenix market:John Burns Real Estate Consulting (free market analysis newsletter subscription; mainly western states):http://www.realestateconsulting.com/blog/adam-artunian/phoenix-risingRL Brown Report Phoenix Housing (Land and Foreclsoure data):http://www.rlbrownreports.com/====Also, FYI, these are real estate market report/data sites that I use that you may want to copy and paste and keep :Construction Monitor (maintains reports/data on building permits and construction activity in local markets):https://www.constructionmonitor.com/REOExpo (June 12-15/Ft Worth, Tx):http://www.reoexpo.org/about/Real Estate Economics (free local market webinars):http://www.realestateeconomics.com/Real Estate Economy Watch:http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/SiteX (high level foreclosure/lein/NOD/Title/Lead Generation data):http://www.sitexdata.com/Home/index.aspxBuilder Magazine:http://www.builderonline.com/news/ForeclosureRadar:http://www.foreclosureradar.com/Marcus & Millichap (free market newsletters and webinars):http://www.nationalmultihousinggroup.com/HousingWire:http://www.housingwire.com/National Association of Realtors (Daily E-Newsletter; you don't need to be a member to receive this):https://reg.realtor.org/roreg.nsf/prepreg?

I don't have a defined plan yet but I am open to invest elsewhere, probably in western Canada or the U.S..

First Western Federal Savings Bank (http://www.firstwesternfederal.com/) will fund loans that NASB often won't and they're pretty easy to deal with.

At this point you need to engage a local civil engineering firm to do a due diligence report for you .. taking in all these considerations this would cost 3 to 10k.. and money well spent.. wetlands , If its state of WA is a huge deal.. zoning helps but does not give you a right.you have to engineer all this.. and septic systems are huge in Western WA. and can be very expensive.. without city sewer and water..

all good advice, assuming all municipalities are the same, which they are not. here in western new york, every place is different from the next. one government may allow you to do everything without a permit and couldn't care less about anything, and the very next will have regulations so bad that you wouldn't drive thru the damn place, let alone buy a house there. i do whatever i want, whenever i want and the less these people know about what you are doing, the better. sounds like i am doing something " illegal", but if i own the place, i have paid my dues and i should be able to do what i want with it. i bought one house that had an added on room on the back, and it was so bad, i was quite sure it was " unpermitted". well, long story short, i talked to the building code guy and he said that it was unpermitted, and i would have to get a permit to tear it down, as was my plan. i asked him why i would have to get a permit to tear down something that they didn't even know was there. he decided to let me tear it down without a permit. these people can be worked with if you treat them right, but personally, i will try to get away with as much as i can, but then again, thats my nature

While I keep a kean view on new small MF listings (3-4 unit) that enter the market, I have also considered and am looking in Western NJ as far as about 40 mins away from Bergen county.