@Matt Caven, honestly im looking all over, I just started searching the MLS in Long Island, like @Brian Pulaski said, what is out there, is listed off the bat too high, I'm thinking I came into this a few years too late lol.

I live in TN but have a place on Top sail Island and plan to retire there one day. 

I'm not sure of your area that the eviction was in rhode Island.

St Johns, St Augustine, most all of county, Clay County flaming Island, near River, Nassau County Yulee, Duval near Town Center , or downtown...im a rehabber, flipper, newly licensed Fl rockin it..love it... im holding in Cary, and Briercreek (raleigh) NC too...i love that too...NC, SC, Ga are awesome as a possum...

I'm looking in Long Island, Mount Vernon, Yonkers

Love tropics (Living on Hainan island in China myself).

Not sure what those laws are in Minnesota but in Rhode Island and Massachusetts they would be allowed to smoke.There’s no reason for junk cars to be in parking lot especially taking spots from other tenants.

The 2008 holiday was a disaster for retail ers, as a financial crisis swept across the globe in September and consumers cut spending on nearly everything but bare necessities.Now on to our real estate educational section...Mortgage Modification Bill May Impact ForeclosuresThe newly proposed “Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2009†introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island), Dick Durbin (D-Il), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) limits foreclosures and requires lenders and services to offer mortgage modifications if the net present value of the modification is anticipated to be greater than the foreclosure value.Additional provisions of the newly proposed bill include:• Limits on foreclosure fees• Creation of a nationwide database to track foreclosures• Strict penalties for non-compliant firms• State sponsored mediation programs• Grant money for borrowers struggling to make payments regardless of current mortgage product.• Capitalize the National Housing Trust Fund with $1 billion in proceeds toward preservation and restoration of affordable housing.While advocates of the bill cite the growing increase in foreclosure rates across the nation as evidence of the need for further intervention, critics of the bill believe it will increase the burden on banks and lenders while simultaneously reducing fees associated with delinquent accounts.According to Moodys.com, mortgage defaults are expected to rise to as many as four million with more than a third of new defaults associated with prime fixed rate loans rather than the original sub-prime concerns.

Ohio, Rhode Island, and Illinois are also closed. 

When you are starting out in real estate, you can get out on an island.