Rob, What you should invest in is a personal preference.

First, I prefer non-judicial foreclosure states because it's generally much faster to get your house back if you need to foreclose.

preferably south city, but I'm open to other areas as well.  

As far as our preferred locations, we are considering TX (wife is from here), VA (since we have a home here already), FL, and/or GA.

I am primarily interested in buy and hold investing and prefer to focus in a midwest market to maximize my buying power and cash flow.

You would think the bank would prefer knowing upfront wether or not we can work in the time frame.

Hello Fellow BP members im looking for some quality contractors that work in connecticut, preferably hartford county (new britain, newington, plainville , southington, berlin, farmington, avon, bloomfield, meriden, west hartford, east hartford, manchester, glastonbury bristol, middltown,.

But for myself, I prefer a more smoother path.  

You can always post numbers here and we can all help analyze, or if you prefer, you can always PM me or anyone else and go over info if you'd rather not be so public. 

Not afraid an prefer sweat equity but don't like crumbling foundations or lack of a basement especially with our climate!