This suggests it is a relatively high-cost area.Price per square foot varied quite a bit, from under $600/sq ft to over $1,000/sq ft in some cases.

If you don't currently have a screening process I would suggest you create one immediately and include it in your application going forward.

I doubt it's worth pursuing, but I'm mostly wondering if anyone has ever won. 

An ineffective strategy and contradictory to fiduciary responsibility is to suggest or guess.

David Greene wrote "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" which gives you a great tutorial, but I suggest looking at deals in the Midwest or the Southeast to allow your portfolio to get a good base of cash flow, and then once you are ready for some more appreciation focused deals, you can change your target markets.

I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me for raising funds for investing?

They are wondering if they should purchase two rental properties with $150K down each so will cash flow, or purchase one higher priced rental and put the entire $300K down.

I was wondering if anyone has replaced polybutylene pipes recently in the Raleigh area. 

I am just wondering if anyone has been in this situation before, and has found a good way to get my money in and get my money out.Any advice is good advice.

As a real estate agent and investor is this required obviously not, but I wonder if anyone can share success stories in regard to an MBA within the real estate world.