Asheville has just recently started to feel like it's beginning to come back online, but a long ways to go for a full recovery.

This can give you the flexibility to fund your flip without the restrictions of a HELOC.

Being that your tenants are month to month does provide some relief for the new owner in terms of being less restricted on raising rent and/or replacing the tenants.

Is the information about “In MA, tenants generally have 30 days to pay repair costs...” available somewhere online? 

Quote from @Tenzing Palmo: Hello I’m looking for my first investment property in Dallas Texas, I live in nyc so I don’t The trick with new construction in many of the growth cities is that don't allow rentals in the HOAs or have super restrictions. 

Review their online financials/annual statements.

I just looked online and saw that in Seattle for months to month lease the landlord is only required to give 20 day notice.

In my experience, most of the online calculators are just taking an educated guess for you.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

It seems you are falling for the alarmist rhetoric you’ve been reading and watching online.