@Rodney West, sounds like you have your answer, and I agree that first step is to understand IF you are even able to.  

To give a couple examples: a $200k house in the Midwest annual premium may be $1,200 a year and that same size house in the west might cost only a couple hundred dollars.

For the record, I am not in West Gulfport as it says, but since there are only 2 town choices to choose from the dropdown in Mississippi, there you have it. 

Lots of West Coast capital going elsewhere. 

I will still go and hope the weather man screwed up some. and in the mountains of the west you know how changeable the weather can be.. :)  If there was a motel/hotel there I would have booked that with the cancellation policy  and probably post poned this trip a week.

And the houses were 20 to 35k.. same price as buying in the mid west at the time. 

I live in Columbus, OH but surprisingly started buying properties in West Virginia (familiar with the market). 

I own all of my investment properties here and work with a lot of out-of-state investors in both the east and west coast that love investing here for the turnkey and BRRRR opportunities that we have here.

I would focus on areas up north like Linden and areas on the west side of Columbus, like Franklinton and Hilltop.

The main hurdle that many of our borrowers face are the income aspect of it, especially expensive markets like the West coast.