I just visited your website.

If someone wishes to sell they should be thankful there are those in a position willing to buy.It is a voluntary two way street.

FEMA's floodsmart.gov website used to let you look up an address and it would tell you the risk factor.

I was even thinking the turn-key route but I need at least credit for that plus what I been reading, I don't see a lot of positive reviews about them.

Would be curious to gain insight to other's experience (positive or negative) in that area, or even connect with anyone that may be looking for this type of service.

I am in CA and help clients buy out of state, cash positive rentals.  

Then I just started looking up properties on auction websites that were in my hometown after I saw my old neighbors house had been sold for about 1/2 of the value of the land...This is when I realized that there were potential deals that I would have a better insight on because I was familiar with most of my hometown and where people want to live and do not want to live.

Learn a little first, and then you can make an informed decision to make the trade off for a higher initial equity position that the low income provides. 

I have zero investments at this point but my plan is once I've built up some money and in a financial position to purchase my first home (2-3 years) to purchase a multi family home, a duplex up to a quad plex depending on what kind of deals I find at the time and the market.

But if you go to their website www.UtahREIA.org you can find out when they next meet up!