Safe rents but lower cap rates.Contrast this with the Midwest or the Northeast where you can pickup rentals for well under $100k in bad/recovering/gentrifying/undiscovered neighborhoods that produce amazing cash flow but many more headaches. 

Truly amazing.

I dont know if you knew of Coldwater Creek, it was a woman's clothing distribution center.

Kristi, My father taught me to swim the old fashioned way, he just threw me into the American River one summer day, sink or swim, it is amazing how quickly you can learn to swim under those conditions.I used the same technique when I started my investing the same way, I figured I would find out what I needed to learn when I ran into a problem and believe me your a lot more motivated to find out the answer when your standing in quicksand.

My local title company can actually do some pretty amazing filtering of addresses.

Second advice is go talk to properties, and you would be amazed of connections you will make.

I find it amazing that they let bailiffs conduct these evictions.Here in GA it's the Marshalls office and they are fully armed police with vests.

You have replies from @Wendell De Guzman  who is simply amazing. 

Any insight would be amazing!

@Matthew Paul Or address the ventilation and insulation problems in the attic and there will be no ice dam.Every winter I'm amazed by the number of frozen pipes and sewer lines in places like Md, Tn, NC, Virginia or even Pa.