Theres been a nice steady growth in the twin cities too the past couple years. 

Also, I’ve had good luck with HELs too.

Home had been vacant for years and the Inspector needed a gas mask to enter.

@Mike Most The Great job on building your equity base and how smart you are to be looking to othe markets, I work with out of state/country investors and help them create passive income with midwest rentals and here's a few things to consider:- Competition is everywhere and only growing in any worthwhile area, so instead of looking for places with less of it I'd focus on building the team that can still deliver results. - The time is always NOW, so many people stayed out of the "fight" over the last few years and now with rate hikes they are kicking themselves because they missed out.

Nope...that is fine.Large spacing is good too.

One with the person your buying from and one with the person your selling too.

I've always had a passion for real estate, but conservative by nature when it comes to investing so that helps too.

We make everyone wear masks and gloves. 

My husband and I work full time and manage our houses too.

Some people heavily promote that idea because it sounds good (aka marketing candy), but they are masking an ugly truth about the high cost of such an approach.