My favorite Midwest market @Jonathan Tea for  investing are really two markets in Indiana - Indianapolis & NW Indiana, which is really a suburb of Chicago, but with lower taxes and much more investor friendly environment.

We run into this in Orygun a little its been a traditional LOW money EM environment at least from my perspective of working in the SF Bay area for 30 years.. were EM is traditionally 10% of purchase price or at least 5 to 10k to even get your contract looked at.. when I came to Oregon people would use 500 and 1,000 and that was the norm here. now to be competitive they have upped that I see 30 to 5k very often and sometimes higher.But if your in low value asset markets IE wholesaling old tired homes that your buying for 1k to 50k I can see lower EM being the norm..

I have a different question.As a UK expat in the US myself, I am curious about what makes you think this is a better environment?

Write goals for as many areas of your life as you wish; or just pick one:o Family & Friendso Personal Growth & Developmento Physical Environment (like a home office, for example)o Health / Fitnesso Contribution / Givingo Fun & Recreationo Significant Other / Romanceo Career / Businesso Financeso SpiritualityWork backwards.If you are going to have 100 units in 5 years (disregarding the organic and natural momentum), figure out how many per week or month you will need to accomplish the goal.In this case, 20 per year.If you need 20 per year, that means you’re looking for (approximately) 3 units every 7 weeks.Very aggressive, but totally do-able.Once you work through this process, your notebook will be extremely messy.Write it all down again, taking out all the messiness.Now you have your goals list.

Do any of you currently work or have past experience working in a team environment where employees meet in the morning, come up with a game plan, and execute it well a well oiled machine on a daily basis?

Also keep in mind that falling depends on gravity, so any building in a low gravity environment would result in you floating away, not really falling.If a car hits you at 60 mph, it will not always hurt.

I am really familiar with the hospital environment and medical professionals as tenants, so I am hoping this will be the "Lions Share" of my tenants.I know I will be starting small, I am looking at properties in the $25K~100K range. 

We’re in a rising rate environment and I think at this point 5 percent is a good rate.

Not sure if Perkins is the usual meetup spot but just thought I might throw that out there since I can get everyone a discount and the seating environment is pretty nice! 

My background is mainly nonprofit advocacy background (environment, health, consumer protection, etc.).