Hey Matthew, I saw that you'd need to compare your options, there are plenty of places with great renter populations and high job/wage growth.

If you currently have a job, get a PM. 

I'd do a search for "Best Places to Retire" or "Where Millennials Are Moving To" or "Where Job Growth Is Highest".

Currently, I'm doing freelance work and some odd jobs since I've been back in the states for about 3 weeks. 

My goal is to start flipping, wholesaling or do whatever it Takes so i can quit my job and dedicate full time to REI, with the goal of eventually buy and hold SFH, MFR or any type of property that generates cashflow, build my portfolio while doing other side deals as metioned before.

Therefore, I will have only about 6-8 months of employment history with this new job under my belt.

This facility is going to bring AT LEAST 1500 new jobs, possibly up to 3000, and bring BILLIONS of dollars to the AL economy. 

@Jacob Holth - Before looking at a deal, for how long do you follow jobs, migration and development of your city or state?

I find myself hating my job and where I am in life.

Went to college for architecture and have worked in my professional life as a building inspector, insurance underwriter, and actuary, and I lived in a 2-fam and had two more 2-fams in my hometown of Buffalo, NY, and sold those when I got a job offer and moved to New Orleans, LA.