I've grown tired of my "9-5" and thought I'd revisit the idea of doing something real estate related.My immediate goal is to discover what opportunities exist that would be a good use of my technical background, but I'd also like to explore the rental and rehab aspects.I'm looking forward to interacting with all of you!

Plan on narrowing it down even further to specific towns in North Carolina.

@Sanjeev Advani I am glad to hear that there are local meetings in town, unfortunately in work tonight.

I get the purchaser information at the tax office and if they are out of town investor's I contact them after their flip has become a flop.

The renting market is in an incredibly high demand in our area, but we are in a small town. 

Just wondering if this is a good sign for buying...Small town, tons of growth in the county....someone just built a 42 unit rent based on income smack dab in the middle of said small town. 

I do think you have an idea worth exploring, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is some potential customers turned off by the look/feel of the industrial containers as opposed to traditional building so it may limit your customer base some.

We are exploring some options currently and I wanted to put this out there to see if any of you have any insight.We are interested in trading houses with someone who's house is probably similar in appraised value.

Also, some more information that would be helpful is what part of town are you looking at?

Looking at a two building deal in a rural college town in Tennessee.