Really beat up but $40k or repairs would have had the place looking great and ready to sell for an easy $150k. 

I'm not completely familiar with any of those areas but if you do decide that is the area for you, I would make sure a get some solid, reliable contacts with boots on the ground there, and that's not easy to do

With that said, most people seem to want great numbers from easy solutions that don't require effort or expertise that may take time. 

Check out Easy Street Capital in Austin,TX.

If this was easy everyone would do it and we'd all be rich :)But I'm game, here's a few tips.'

This is pretty easy if you can see the meter display. 

Easy clients are subsidizing difficult clients.

It's super easy and convenient!

I search for houses by driving around and it becomes easy to spot a 'distress' house and when they are vacant, I find out if the owners are gone and living in a far-off state or are ill and just have really 'divorced' themselves from the property.  

It's easy to get into the weeds when I overthink it.