If there is a long stretch of highway with 30 "SOUTH OF THE BORDER" billboards there is a good chance the land in the area is zoned for it.  

Competition is high, and consequences of making a mistake seem low.I'd love to see the statistics of how many people move to the Bay Area without having first secured a job, because--although I'm not a gambling man--I'd wager that the majority move there simply assuming that they will find a job.

It's a gamble, but an exciting one.

I didn't discover Bigger Pockets until after I purchased the property and am learning that I took a bigger gamble than I thought I was according to Brandon Turner and many others.

This can be tricky and a gamble. 

Population is at a net loss over the past few years and millennials are not clamoring to get out here but it does draw lots of retirees and federal government employees (military, Border Patrol, other federal agencies).

That appraisal fee was a gamble, and it doesn't always pan out.

We are talking about KC, MO from the Missouri River on the north end, 71 hwy as the western border and 435 as your south/eastern border.

@Katie Heer I am mostly looking on the outside of the city (lawrence or hamilton border), but would be open to other areas and possibly Philadelphia

Just south of the border from you.