@Steve T.As a native of New Jersey currently residing in Georgia, I highly recommend considering Georgia.

If I could chime in to help in the search:be sure to find an accountant who is willing to grow with you, and is not too high priced fee-wise.

Most of the time, deals pencil better with a regular DSCR loan for an acquisition than with a high-interest rate ARM on your primary. 

On a side note, the main reason for home prices being so high is restricted development.

Here are my criteria:1.Purchase value below 75k2.At least one college3.Diverse economy4.Not high crime5.Growing population 6.Not smaller then 10k peopleAny recommendations ?

World of finance is in free fall, and being in new home development we went from running a thousand miles per hr to a dead stop in the blink of an eye, and being so high on that ladder, it was a long fall and a hard hit at the bottom.

We have outstanding occupancy (in the high 90%) at a rate that is basically the same as LTR.  

Very humble, hardworking, blue-collar family and they happen to grow up in a part of California that is highly desirable now.

The high-appreciation asset will gain more value monthly than the low-appreciation asset that spins off some cashflow.That said, are you sure the first home will appreciate more over time?

I’m in swfl and looking to invest in real estate straight out of high school, I’m creating a LLC to sign documents legally.