I thought that name sounded familiar - I have your card sitting here on my end table, as I was just in the house you are selling in McFarland last week.Welcome to the site!

I am not familiar with Homepath but, in general, you can rent out a home that you originally purchased to live in.

Though I plan to keep investing in IL, where I am familiar with the market, I do need some help selecting a real estate agent and getting to know local contractors etc.

Although this is the first in my portfolio, we have ran a successful roofing and remodeling company for years, so my team is already in place and we are very familiar with this aspect of flipping. 

Although I just moved to Long Island myself a few months ago, so I'm not super familiar with all areas yet and would love any input on these locations, or any others for that matter.

Each stage requires a certain amount of oversight with the most occurring in the first 3 stages.You are likely more familiar with the market where you live, which in turn, will help you make better purchasing decisions.

Out of state you give up your home court advantage, significantly increase your risk by going to a market you are less familiar with, give up almost complete control over your investment and instead will be nearly 100% reliant on the kindness of strangers to keep your best financial interests at heart and make or break your investments for you.

Wondering what the thoughts are about this price point for folks who are familiar with the neighborhood. 

I am getting familiar with Washington State absentee-owners in foreclosure.

NOPE only those institutions have those loans as they are all sold .the loans above are held in the banks portfolio.. but each region is different I am really  only familiar with my banks in Oregon and my bank in Charelston SC.