The thing I like about the homes are that they are new builds and that is attractive to me, but I fully understand your point about the general area and appreciate it.

I grew up in Brooklyn and there are plenty of pockets you can find within 30-45 mins (or less) where you can make deals.The real question is WHY would you be attracted to deals you can't touch?

I am analysing the Buffalo, NY market and would like your opinion on whether you think it is an attractive market or not - and why!

The Reading area also attracts a lot of investors from New York City because the prices are low. 

Today's market in New York attracts so many wannabe's investors and property scouts that don't really knows what they are doing , approaching homeowners of crappy houses promising them bag full of cash (way above market value) and trying to market the property to new investors that going to loose their pants in the nearly future, NO ONE can convince me that a crappy two family frame house in bushwick NY worth 800k it is just De-Javier of 2007 right before the big crisis. back then i saw some smart *** investors buying houses just like today with their 401k and hard money loans and lost everything in few month.

The idea of not having any debt ( not including my primary mortgage ) is attractive to me.

Your end buyer will more likely than not be another investor.If you are looking it as a buy and hold, it will generally be a better deal than an average SFH in the area and if you are looking it as a flip, it will generally be a less attractive deal than an average SFH.

Make sure the place is attractive for tenants to want to rent and not want to leave.2) Communicate with the owner at every step of the way. 

It can be a bit tougher to find deals there than in Jackson simply because it is a smaller community so stock is lower to begin with and obviously it's a generally attractive community to live in.  

So the location is attractive.