@Ellis San JoseNova Scotia uses judicial foreclosure and though they have a "simplified" path through the courts for most cases, it's still long and arduous.  

Lets say the gated Las Vegas Country Club stuff for example. 

I will greatly appreciate if someone can shed some light on this.I submitted an offer to the Fannie Mae Home path over asking price with all the proper paperwork.

Jeff,Cape Coral, fl is known to be the defective drywall capital of the country.

Great people who have gave 16-18 years of their life to this country to only be told here is a severance package and then no pension, they should have got rid of the younger ones that don't want to be in.

I am very happy to be on here with great people in different parts of the country.

I do HML loans for people all over the country and lots of them are buying foreclosures / banked REO's and our LOI is all they use.  

Am I on the right path? 

@ Brian Walsh, will do.I am nervous starting 2 hours away but will give you a call for some leads once if figure out the best path for me.@ Valerie H., Valerie this is a ton of useful information and it does scare me trying to get into a market that is a 2 hr drive.I simply can’t jump in the car and check on thinks or manage as I could if I could find something in Asheville (35 minutes away).My goal in contacting a realtor was following Brandon’s 30 steps in assessing a market such as average selling price, REO prices, length of time on market and what areas are seeing the most growth etc...He was very helpful and informed me that 9100 homes have sold in the last 12 months in the area and was very specific about what areas are seeing the most growth.He also gave me a list of large companies moving to the area, but again 2 hr drive is going to be a huge challenge especially for a newbie.

.), bike paths, and an Amtrak train station, too.All of the things I've mentioned are a quick walk from Gannon.As for housing, generally the more west you go and the more south you go, the better the neighborhoods.