I've just moved back to the east coast from the southwest U. S. I started getting involved in real estate investing in 2009, and put together a portfolio of 5 SFRs in Tucson, AZ by the end of 2011. This was the rock bottom of the Tucson RE market. These were all conventionally financed, 3/2 or 4/2 distressed properties, except for my residence. I moved to Albuquerque after grad school and bought a nice 4/2 ranch which is I rented out to a couple who were colleagues from work when we moved back to the east coast. I'm hacking a condo here in Hudson, NH that will be a good rental when we move to a larger residence in a few years. I haven't done much since I lived in Albuquerque the last five years, so I'm hoping to start networking and getting back into the business now that we're settled here and planning to stay. My main strategy is buy and hold SFRs, but I'd like to learn some more parts of the business, such as rehab and multi-family deals, and possibly some flips eventually.