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But that is still a good buy and hold deal to me.Its all about cash flow and staying in areas/houses that have good long term potential for growth. i.e. 3/2, 1,500 sq ft, in areas with good schools that are not "renter dominated areas" which don't appreciate much.....

You'll get out of it what you put into it so become active and help us grow the community and wealth of knowledge that's already here.  

I would create a list of 10-15 markets, and start researching each one....median price of SF homes, income, other cost of living metrics, job growth, etc.

What rent growth did you use?

Multi-million dollar homes to $100K for a shack in the hood.Both have strong real estate markets and both are experiencing strong growth from migration to the area.Check out the  Division of Real Estate website and see what it would take to move your license to CO.

We deal in metro Atlanta on a regular basis and there are great deals to be had as there has shown to be a growth of people moving inside the perimeter.

I don't plan to stay that way I just am doing what is necessary to build a solid foundation now to utilize time and exponential growth for the next 40 years. 

To grow the business, I need to get out of the rehab portion - it takes too much time and effort on my part.

Great deals there, Houston has more growth potential as Atlanta experienced a lot of it's growth a couple years ago.