They’re great starter investment properties, that certainly can earn a competitive return. 

Also from my understanding you would have to buy these houses with cash, however I know there are private lenders that are interested in court house purchases cause they typically have less competition. 

Can i expect similar ease in finding tenants and that i can rent for a similar price, or is finding student renters more competitive?

Doubtful he can find that at a much more competitive price.Assisted living facilities are also in very high demand.

Of course, we are in a smaller city with not a ton of competition.

There are also good neighborhoods nearby to pick up some investment properties, although 1% rule is going to be tough to hit and the $350-450k price range is going to be slim pickings and highly competitive (due to the affordability issue here the entry-level price range is far and away the highest demand market segment).

Where as the success of a dividend for a whole life company comes from one of three places: a) over charging clients on whole life policies b) outside investing c) more profitable insurance products I look for a company operating in area c. 3) A competitive borrowing interest rate. 

Capital controls imposed on Chinese citizens really began around 2016, which may explain why homes prices really started jumping up early 2017 as the controls became effective around June-July of 2017 so presumably many buyers were rushing into safe haven assets in anticipation of this happening.Long story short on China, many citizens have fears of policies over there and feel that a weakening Yuan over the next several years in addition to bank runs and an impending credit crisis (China has printed more money over last 2 years than ever in their history) will have heavy implications on their wealth and they wish to diversify and send as much money out as they can before things begin to get really messy.

Class A represents the best buildings in terms of aesthetics, age, quality of infrastructure, and location.Class B buildings are usually older and not as competitive—price-wise—as Class A buildings.

New entrants to the landlording world will likely be most affected due both to learning curve and cost basis.Since you are in Kitsap CO,  Bremerton is probably your best market for investment real estate;  there are usually several small rental complexes available over there an any given time;   its certainly on my radar  (as while I'm in seattle,  I will no longer invest in seattle) but there are also other secondary/tertiary markets that might be worth looking at;  just make sure that the area has a decent economic situation,  and/or the property you invest in is substantially more desirable that most of its competitive segment is so that if things soften up economically,  you are still holding a property people will want to live in if they have lots of options.There are also other types of RE investing - commercial, out of state, flipping,  etc which depending on you and your husbands interests, skill set, and risk tolerance could be worth looking at.