Lived in Med Hat for a year.

That being said I have a good job in Med device sales and work for a pretty solid company with good prospects for the foreseeable future so not too concerned about employment for 5 or 6 years and my credit / income / and cash should let me qualify for a property in the 800k - 900k range.

The problem is that I am a physician getting ready to finish residency training (low cash on hand currently but will make $500K+ in my first year out) and I am in the process of building my own family home, something my wife has anticipated since I was in med school. 

@Angela Dahlen Well, it won’t be cap gains tax on the profit...it will be ordinary income plus ss/med.

Daughter works at Cleveland Med bought a storybook house that is wonderful. 

@Christian Med I agree with @Karl Denton 

You can learn slowly as you gain experience and equity, and then move on to buy more properties either by keeping the first and refi'ing, or selling it and buying more.Ask questions on here and do a lot of learning....I am a single income family, as my wife is in med school, so I do not have money to throw around.

That would be more for flipping, which is taxed as ordinary income plus SS/med tax. 

Our jobs (mine, my wife, potential roommates) are in the Med Center as well as the University of Houston so being in the inner loop is crucial to the location of the property.

Tenant got lots and lots of pain meds at this particular clinic.