Your best bet is to go to real estate networking events near those areas and talk to those who have invested in those areas.Best of luck!

congrats. to many more projects in the near future. best of luck on your journey

BUT, there is also the chance that it comes in at or near your target.  

You the investor and owner of the properties will care about your investment the most, not the agent, not the contractor, not the property manager (they can screen tenants but they still get paid but the repair costs are being deducted out of your rental income and more costs if you need to evict a tenant).I've heard great things about upstate NY and would consider looking in that area or within a 2 hour drive of where you live (not sure if you're near NYC).

I constantly get great reviews often comments of how clean the cabin is.

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But ultimately the responsibility lies in my hands.I jumped on a seesaw of risk hoping that the momentum would catapult my bank account into six figures only to find out the hard way that flipping houses isn’t as easy as I had predicted.This house was purchased for $64,000 with an expected rehab of $100k to $120k depending on how much work the dilapidated and neglected house needed.The midwest is lovely but the houses carry the weight of weather storms nearly a century old leading to more damage than a beginning investor could expect.The appraisal came in at $225k for my lender meaning our all-in cost would be around 85% of the sales price worst case.

There is a house near mine that is abandoned.

The house is on the east side of houston near 2 universities but it is a rough neighborhood.  

We've spent time near her parents in Atenas, and I especially like the Roca Verde community there.I think we'll know a lot more about our direction after this year's trip.