The Midwest seems to be the theme when it comes to cash flow and I also believe it holds a ton of potential for appreciation if you do it right.I now have 14-doors in Detroit and I stay extremely active in the market outside my own investing.

Occasionally they seem to have some success and pick up 5-10 properties.

It seems to me we are back to pre-pandemic levels. 

Read Trepp-Wise it has a lot of stories on foreclosure, it seems the highest risk is in office.

Also, we have more and more people working in Asheville while living in Waynesville, which seems to make it a better equity play than Maggie as well (i.e., for resale, you can hope to have owner occupant buyers as well).

I've looked in a couple other vacation areas nearby and it doesn't seem any are as lucrative.2) Do you think Landers and Johnson Valley are too far from the action to make sense?

If so, this seems about what most lenders would offer.

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Setting up a US based entity is your first step, you are already doing that it seems. 

I keep hearing examples about paying contractors $15k for a rehab that adds $40k of value, and similar numbers, which seems highly unlikely to me.