@Allen Zhu as others have already commented, using zip codes is not a sound strategy.For the City of Detroit (please don't mix the city & the suburbs!)

You could start and complete a college degree, move, get married, or... you get the point.

Putting together a trustworthy crew is crucial to carrying out effective flips.Manage Your Finances Sensibly: When flipping houses, sound money management is essential.

And when you hit that right "Discount/SALE" all hell breaks loose as most often several all rush to complete applications asap, or pre-app's, whatever. 

This was a complete surprise out of left field, so I threw out a big number - close to our best case scenario flip profit to see if they would bite.

It looks like they trusted you completely to do the right thing with the loan.

It sounds like an exciting time for you transitioning out of the military and into real estate.

I used a out of network realtor and had a good experience and success.We have had great success at ocean lakes and love the atmosphere it has, water parks, ocean etc sounds like you have already started researching it's qualities.

It sounds like you've got a good handle on your property situation, but you're right to look for ways to minimize your tax hit from that nice appreciation you've seen.

They claimed to be complete renovations but as i did not see them i took their word for it.