Housing is still affordable in large parts of the country for middle income earners. 

I am willing to work with anyone, anywhere in the country.

Numbers are not as great as other parts of the country, but I have more resources from the get go.Just another way to frame the problem.

Does anyone know of investors that specialize in rural areas that may outline best practices when looking in 'country' areas? 

Fortunate for me, I received the property vacant and have received EXCELLENT rent from my occupied unit.

Currently unemployment all over the country is low, so almost all the markets have moved up.

I have taking 2 trips around the country going form national park to national park, I also Hike a quarter if the Appalachian trail last summer. ever sense I was deployed to Japan in the USMC I've been slowly reading and trying to self educate myself for about 4 years about anything that can relate to real estate.

I was talking with my old tenant today, who owes me a fortune.

, but I would fortunately be able to work my full-time job remotely for a period of a 2-3 months in order to build a network and start a project.My questionsI plan to estimate median rent to selling price for a number of cities within 2hrs of Denver (through copious internet browsing and scripting).

No court in this country would award security deposit and two months rent in this situation.