The personal aspect that people like seems to be lost. 

Many people do this, others don't.

If you don’t plan on working as a traditional agent helping people buy/sell properties it may be best to save your time/money and just dive deep into wholesaling. 

The first question you would want to ask...do people come to this area to camp, or would they want a home?

If you use the search tool on here you can see the comments people have made about screening. 

The triplex technically still has cashflow at the moment so I think I would be aggressive on the duplex then look at cash for keys in the triplex and get that done in one fell swoop. 3) Renting and Managing - While not the most expensive areas overall, there is demand in these areas from people paying at or above the top range I listed for high quality units.

@Christopher Pride I'm guessing you are going to get a lot of people recommending their markets.

I’m here because I am a real estate investor looking to be in a community with like minded people.

Attend meetups and meet as many people in RE as you can.

There is an old saying. ( Use money and love people) and not the other way around.