The plant on the arch is called a garlic vine.

Some markets may be more resilient, such as industrial or logistics properties driven by e-commerce demand.

As far as something around your said purchase price, I would also recommend Columbus, OH for a starter market/somewhere to plant your investment roots.

@Michael Plante and as Michael said, try to find a mentor. 

I'm purely independent now, working as a landscaper and selling plants (starting a nursery business).

I hate to restrict myself to any market.In short, focus is the key here, I need to put some thought to it, a rough goal by Dec 2020 might be to own another property and have all doors rented and managed with scalable systems and processes in place.I wrote a bunch more but let’s keep this short I do need that focus, I get on task and then begin expanding and expanding until I’m writing about a smart city 100% self sustaining sitting on a massive geothermal plant  and utilizing other tech and renewable sources, getting all residents tax refunds due to excess energy leak into the grid. 

First Solar recently built a second plant, and Amazon is building a distribution center, both of which will add a large number of jobs.

There are always exceptions, but I believe the broader data regarding the poor economic resilience of a large portion of society supports that perspective.

Think about all the brokers chasing that Amazon HDQ2 deal from all over the country, or car plants, or chip plants.Not sure it is true, but I expect the washout rates for both residential and commercial realtors is just slightly lower than for wholesalers. 

I am not sure what is store economically in the near future as the city is heavily reliant on tourism and oil, but the people are resilient and as an investor I have different strategies for different market cycles so think the future is bright here.