I would apply through a bank and see what your max budget will be and go from there before putting too much thought into location.

You also deal with endless bull **** with there’s not enough cups, I can’t find the house, I saw one hair in a corner, I thought this was going to be as good as the four seasons, yada yada.

Hi Andrew,I am happy to connect and share thoughts on the markets that are cash flowing well for our investors.Staci

Median income is 117k, Median home price is $370kIn Palo Alto,CA, median income is 178k, Median home price is $3,200,000Cleveland median income is 92k btw...So Milwaukee still has long appreciation play that can still be supported by people income, what I don't understand is whether the statistic is accurate, I thought the income in that zip code is only 50k. 

They were old but functional. thanks for all thoughts. 

I would love any thoughts/advice/criticism.

Food for thought.

Then I thought I could buy the house from my dad for $300,000, which would include the money needed for the rehab instead of doing 2 separate loans.

We found the County folks to be very well prepared and we deserved what we got!

You may want to consider working with your tax strategist remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a tax strategist willing to work with you throughout the year, not just when preparing your tax return.