looking forward to being a part of the community. 

My name is Chris, I have just started my real estate investing education journey with "The book on rental property investing"  I am in the Collinsville Illinois area just across the river from St.Louis, and hope to be welcomed into the BiggerPockets community!

@Ricardo Funk Hernandez Welcome to the community.

Hello BP community.

Strong blue market community with two private Universities.

BP Community, I am in the military and am getting deployed soon. 

The owner is 90 and has a few family businesses that are stables in the community and puts all his attention into those and does not really have the interest in dealing with everything that comes with tenants, renovation, and what it would take to bring the property up to market value.

For operators: Merrill Gardens appears to have a community in Woodstock, GA I haven't worked with them but you could reach out.

I wish there was a mega-spreadsheet, crowd-sourced (by the members of this community for instance) with the very updated status in each city based on the real host experiences...What's your way of checking cities fast?

When it comes to pre-foreclosures and REOs, I just want to make sure there aren't any major pitfalls that I need to be aware of.