Pretty much all of the Pittsburgh neighborhood is unacceptable to HUD and parts of West End as well

@Derrick Shipman The areas around the beltline would be a good place to look for housing at your budget (Edgewood, Kirkwood, West End, etc.).  

I currently live in Brier Creek so my target area as of now is south Durham, Morrisville, and west Apex.

You are correct the Summerville, North Charleston and Goosecreek area are great rental areas along with West Ashley.

I also invest in Historic West End.  

@Travis West I doubt that it was caused by a leak though, seeing as how I could not locate any water spots on the ceiling.

Were in years past when undercapitalized investor with 100% or plus financing met tough to manage mid west property defaults were rampant.4.

Welcome to BP community @Teryl West  It is a great place to meet new friends and learn about various aspects of real estate and more.

ON the west coast this would have been extinguished with my trustee's sale.. but no not in WAYNE county the land of ultra coordinated and sophisticated real estate transactions and government...

I'm going to be looking at a bunch of properties (mostly SFR/duplex) in the York area, but not in the city (West York, West Man Twp, Spring Garden, Springetts, North York...