I've read in numerous places not to buy/invest into a high unemployment area or low population growth area. 

This can be a pretty daunting task (when I say there are a lot of guidelines to learn, I mean a LOT) but plenty of YouTube videos offer lessons and advice that can help make the studying a bit easier.  

Does the wife up to the task of taking over your interest when it comes to RE investing?

Day to day management of properties isn't what excites me, but the idea of developing properties from a business (and creative side) and watching growth does.

I would ask what his tasks involve for what he is charging.

I've been a commercial mortgage broker going on 5 years now and, after working on financing numerous commercial real estate and multifamily transactions, have decided to start investing in my own property on the side.I'm currently interested in acquiring 5-16 unit properties that cash flow and have value-add upside in high job growth markets, but I am also learning more about SFH investing and am open to exploring residential opportunities as well.

I am trying to find some apartments to do this with, and it seems to be a difficult task, does anyone here have any opinions on how to find more prospects to do this with? 

The move “better positions the Camden site to support continued growth of vital energetics capabilities for defense programs across multiple domains,” the company said.For comparison, the new facility will be slightly larger than two Orion amphitheaters and smaller than Bridge Street Town Center’s 550,000 square foot shopping center.

I would not be able to work for someone else and be able to complete all of the necessary real estate related tasks. 

A lot of them have beautiful intricate woodwork that looks very nice but is a huge maintenance task that from an investment perspective just doesn't make sense.