Colorado Springs is definitely a rapidly growing city where housing is on short supply, particularly starter homes.

@Douglas Royse Do you just wholesale in the Grand Rapids area, or in other areas of the state as well?

Thanks you all for all the help an advice.I just had an offer accepted on a property in Grand Rapids.  

While you have to be in position to move rapidly when a deal comes your way, don't be haphazard in building your team in your target market.

Specifically, we have our eyes on Grand Rapids, Kansas City, and Louisville.I listened to 90 day challenge BP Podcast episode 37 days ago (a few months late) and I'm holding myself to that goal!

Fathom started here in DFW, and is rapidly growing across the country.  

Columbus is a rapidly growing with many new and existing companies expanding their business in the market.

The B Class neighborhoods are Merion Village, Old North, OSU Campus, Franklinton (south of broad, north of sullivant, east of glenwood), Hilliard, some areas in Worthington, Sharon Village, 5th by Northwest, Old Town East/King Lincoln, Berwick, etc.The B-/C+ class neighborhoods that are more gentrifying and rapidly changing are Southern Orchards, Hungarian Village/Reeb Hosack, South of Main, North Linden, other area of Franklinton (non-nipple), Eastmoor/Broadley, etc.I also have a map that better breaks the neighborhoods down by rent ratios, pricing, and crime.

Thanks for, as always, the rapid and thoughtful replies.I frankly never heard of a County Extension Agent (CEA), I will try to do that today.

The rents generated could really off set a lot of the costs associated with the foreclosures and the fact that they are occupied and at least maintained better than letting them rot would hopefully help to prop up the value of the property.If they didn't have a problem selling the foreclosures then that might change my perspective a little bit but its hard for me to accept the stance that it is better to let the house rot and rapidly decrease in value versus maintaing the property to some degree while generating some income.