We made the move from western WA where we both were raised to raise our family in the beautiful mountains of Idaho after taking a road trip to the area and falling in love with it   I am currently a Nursing student at NIC, with approx. 2 years left until I am licensed.

They're trying to ban evictions during the winter (however you define that) in Seattle as if they don't know that there would be mass foreclosures from tenants not paying rent for months at a time...this stuff is the reason why I just stopped looking at hold opportunities in the west coast.

I'm not an insurance agent, but a lot of policies cross my desk, both people buying property in California, and folks with rentals in the midwest, East Coast, etc. 

I am stationed in Alameda, CA working for the US Coast Guard and currently commute to Santa Rosa.

I've been lurking here for awhile learning what I can, and it's about time to introduce myself and start networking. I've always had a passing interest in real estate but never had enough extra money to jump into inve...

and you have rental investors primarily from the coasts  or Denver type markets were they seek out 100k rental props .. and of course to the locals they are over paying to them they are fine paying what they are paying because in their mind the numbers still work better than in their home markets.. were the disconnect comes is long distance land lording can be difficult or frustrating for newbies.. who don't really know what they don't know.. 

Been looking and pitching deals around nothing has land would like some advice on how to proceed forward I been running numbers on houses I viewed as a decent start to a offer however I'm not getting a feedback I was told that usually on the east coast a 3% decrease in the sellers asking price is the only way is this true and if so my numbers don't work.

I work along the coast from Miami to Vero Beach.

I'm in the western suburbs if you decide to go there, but not in the city limits of Chicago

It is more common, I think, on the west coast than on the east coast.