There is also no way to track arrival times.

Walk around smiling because you know you have this thing (this one makes it arrive faster because think about it, if I just got paid for a deal I did I don't care wha bad things people may say or think of me, I JUST MADE $50K OFF OF ONE DEAL!!)

I am arriving on a flight late Thursday night and leaving late Saturday night.

So the numbers are not the most important thing, but how you arrive at your list of targets is extremely important.From there, I would echo his advice.

You apply (or get) those after you arrive.

The difference culturally between these cities and surrounding towns is quite stark to someone arriving from a major city or foreign country.

The nurse work exhausting hours and they just want to arrive at the rental, unpack their things and hit the ground running with work, not make a bunch of phone calls and wait around for the cable guy or gal. 

We've arrived at real estate as one of the better vehicles to achieve this goal, and are mainly interested in a buy & hold strategy.With that said, she is currently looking for her first job out of college, and we were thinking that a few years of experience working for someone else could give us some REALLY valuable experience in our own personal investing.Does anyone have suggestions for where we should focus our attention to get the most bang for her time?  

I hope to pick up at least 1 additional rental while we are there.My wife will arrive in Great Falls a few months before I do, so I would like to have a house picked out prior to her move (Dec/Jan).I am also, looking for a REI group to attend, as well as, some contacts from the local area.

How did you arrive at the ARV?