Take John's advice and buy a used appliance if you want to cave to their demands.

Housing in such a demand as construction of new casinos ($7B), and Raiders $1.9B stadium, will extend growth through 2020. 

This area is tricky as there are several spots where the demand is high, but the pricing is just too inflated when compared to other areas.

First, they are usually non-financeable though conventional means, so the demand is lower and thus the price is significantly lower as well.

Either looking into a live in fix and flip since the housing market is hit with rates being lower and houses in high demand or looking into buying a fix and then turning it into a rental after 2 years of living in and remodeling or looking into a multi family where I can live in a u it and rent the other.

If the rents and rental demand in Locust Grove are stable and you can cash flow, it would surely be simpler to manage/oversee.

I had one building I turned it into a condo and sold the storage condos to the floating homes on the Columbia river.. that was a good play. 

I think there are really two factors at play- seems to lack a lot of job opportunity and is a far commute from Charlotte.

Will probably do syndications, notes, and some cash SFRs til I have enough to start playing with the big boys and getting these favorable rates.

We currently live in Metairie, which is a suburb in New Orleans, and are currently looking to put an offer on a duplex that is listed at $175,000 in a medium demand area.