I grew up in Monroe MI but traveled through Jerome occasionally.

Did you consider what your parents might do if they needed to tap their home equity (medical expenses, freedom to travel the world, etc)?

We both want to travel, live in the Caribbean during the winters and on the lake in the Midwest.

For hobbies I love technology (programming & video games), fishing, and traveling.

Able-bodied men (and women, I'm EEO ;) ) sitting around midday, smoking cigarettes and drinking Mt.

One example recently is at 2 different properties home passed with no carbon or smoke in kitchen was told not needed as it wasnt required just needs to be outside kitchen and same location has boarded windows in basement only no violation but another location different inspector wants a carbon and smoke inside kitchen even when directly in next room and also wants natural light in basement because windows are boarded.

Location is everything but also being a good host to make it attractive to travelers.

I am planning to travel to Baltimore early next month (September) to get to know the area and maybe look at some Auctions there.

These comprise items such as the presence of smoke detectors and preventing hazards to small children. 

I invest in my backyard (North Jersey) however if you plan to invest out of state you should consider management costs and add that to your expenses when working the numbers as traveling back and fourth dealing with issues will surely burn you out before you become profitable.I manage quite a bit of single and multi families in NJ myself but I live a stones throw away from then.