Former ATLiens, but we've been living in Seattle for the past 10 years.All kinds of life events are pointing us back home, and we plan on being out there in two years or so.What we'd like to do is kick start our investing endeavors out there in advance of our arrival . . .We decided we'd like to buy, rehab (and either refinance to rent or just sell).So we watched a million podcasts, read books, did mock deal analysis, and have already automated some of the deal vetting process to make an offer.Comfortable with that, we pulled some cash and got a HELOC to serve as our own personal private money lender until that runs out, we can handle a few deals at a time, IF we could find them.Lately, we're really liking Pittsburg, Mechanicsville, all the way over to English Avenue, for a multitude of reasons:The cost of entry is relatively cheap thereWe're not first movers so we have watched before/afters on properties in these areas for a year or so and it seems doableI went to Georgia Tech, that area has always been near to my heart, sketchy or notHistoric civil rights area, I'd personally have some pride in making that more accessible I'd not mind moving my family into some of these areas when we leave SeattleWhat we are finding is most homes are going over asking and even then our offers are getting rejected. 

your probably referring to the flipping tax implemented in Vancouver BC...Asian investment in the west coast especially SF bay area and LA has been a thing for decades..

Setting up automated searches utilizing the MLS, where people can flag them, allows me to see what people are interested in, in order to help analyze the cost effectiveness of a potential investment.

I'm working on a project and some of the ideas I'm implementing might work well on that project and all of the ideas can be executed on a reasonable budget.

Will they be able to work together and implement both visions they have and formulate a solid plan?

What are some strategies that I should implement to get people to come? 

If not, can you implement some type of RUBS system?

They have totally changed my business through automation.

First, everything we do is automated.

The city should not rely on one industry for fear of a collapse if that industry becomes automated or goes away like in Detroit with the auto industry.