I would rather own a home in Class A area for 20 years over Class C and can probably with high confidence say that you will be in a much better spot later in life with Class A vs.

I think the primary reason is the "baby boomers" retiring from their homes which will keep the supply side greater than the demand side just because there is not nearly as many in the younger generation to occupy the homes that will be comming on the market by the natural age curve of life.This foreclosure issue may be getting behind us but there will not be a V shaped recovery because of the age population difference.

I invest up in A/V and can see many similarities between the areas.  

Room has AV equipment and internet if desired.

@Jonathan Feliciano that same thing might work for you in the AV or Bakersfield.

Would I be able to deduct a % vs the whole amount?

There are lenders out there that will lend up to 50% of the AV with no minimum credit score requirements. 

Initially, some experts were calling for a quick rebound, a “V-Shaped” bounce.

My Addressable Market (excluding bank owned REO and courthouse acquisitions) was defined roughly as: single family (type & use and land class fields) residential, built before 1978 (year built field), held by owner for 10 years or more (pkg date field) with assessed value under $125K (bldg AV and land AV fields), with out of town owners (owner city field and physical city field).

If the av DOM - 180 days, than you are still fine.