...as has been discussed at length on the forums, right now is an extremely difficult and risky time to be flipping...In your first post, you mentioned wanting a course, or coaching, or a "manager to over see the houses" --those are three different things.

Be conservative with cash flow projection and appreciation as those number from 10 years ago are extremely meaningless for now.

Answer.. you need to make it extremely easy for those people to find YOU!

It is important that you do not develop a reputation of someone who is just going to offer extreme low balls, because people talk and you want to be seen as a resource in your local market for distressed sales. 

In the meantime, save as much money as you can and/or look into any potential creative financing options, or even a responsible & reliable business partner to split costs & profits with (Be extremely particular if/who you may decide to do business with). 

As you may have noticed in the above rent calculations, the income and expense numbers were extremely tight.

This made only my girlfriend’s income be eligible leaving us pre approved for $200,000, which is very disappointing and discouraging since there are very little duplexes in our area especially ones we’d want to live in for $200,00. 

So, although I can't tell which market is the best, I can tell you that you want to be disappointed with Charlotte.

It's also extremely important you have your own qualifications that you do not shift away from.

I would take whatever capital you have and find an extremely experienced investor/team in that space to partner with.