I have narrowed down that I would like to invest in one of the towns along the Vancouver Island coast, between Duncan to Courtenay, as well as Langford (or a smaller municipality surrounding Victoria), Chilliwack, Prince George, or Powell River coast area.

@Trey Prince for most of us we can estimate the value on our own.  

@Mackenzie Charles I suggest that you flip the script in your head.

My name is Charles and I am a computer programmer from the Greater Pittsburgh, PA Area.Where am I from?

I told him his only other option is a magician, or a Nigerian prince.  

@Charles Oglesby It depends really.

My goal is to create a full time income from several rental properties in the Southern Maryland (Calvert, Charles, St.

@Charles Menear Welcome to Bigger Pockets! 

the reason for these questions is to determine motivation and the potential equityequity is what you will be negotiating for if the seller owes $50,000 and he is asking $100,00 you can guess that the potential equity is $50,000 - cut that in 1/2 to be safe and guess the equity is about $25,000 - the question now is how are you going to negotiate for a part or all of the $25,000who are the decision makersWe are here at Bigger Pockets wishing you success and cash flow --  do not get discouraged - this is a hard business to get into and to be successful - take it easy, be careful of the Big Hats out there, have confidence in yourself and study - study - study Charles

@Jimmy Farag and @Charles Kennedy, not that it is GR8 or anything but I posted a forum some months back about my DMM campaign that I believe might be pertain to the topic at hand.