North Texas investor minded realtor hunt.

Have a 5-6 month RV trip to Alaska the pacific north coast and 20 National parks starting this June with my wife and kids.

I'm looking to invest in areas north of Atlanta (Cumming, Dawsonville, Gainesville, etc).  

So if you have a time frame of several years you might consider some of the border areas with upside potential (not so decent areas of Avondale, Crestwood north closer to Woodlawn). 

I think for a lot cost of $360K the builder would need to sell the home for at least $1 million and nothing south of Dresden Rd, or east of North Druid Hills Rd has sold that high.  

The property is just north of Silver Spring near 34th.

I live in North of San Francisco.

I should confess that i didn't like that house, but i had to buy it to settle.I have even spent 25k on it for rehab, but still didn't like the building nor the neighborhood.Fast forward, i have broken up with my gf and haven't used the house for years, or event visited it.last summer, i thought of selling it, and i was surprised that i could easily sell it at 127k with 27k net profit.Why Am I sharing this now?

What kind of pitfalls should I look out for, for the greater Seattle area (I'm mostly looking at the north Bothell, Everett, Lynwood areas), and specifically in terms of laws and regulations that could catch me off guard?

I'm in the Houston north suburbs.