If you're wanting to do it full time it would be a great option or if you wanted to do it passively there are several turnkey providers in the southern/middle part of the country where the price points are easier and the laws are more landlord friendly. 

The light value add opportunities are tough to find and people are overpaying for middle market properties.  

I am a middle aged woman looking to get into real estate.

Our brokerage and property management company covers middle Tennessee.

I’m also in the middle of my first fix and flip in Cleveland (remotely, I live in Rhode Island).  

Income losses doesn't offset capital gains so that should answer that batch of questions in the middle. 3.

Anecdotally, in Nashville, where we are in the middle of an apartment supply “surge,” rents are not ebbing.

It’s located right in the middle of Tampa and Orlando.

Even when you do they might ghost you in the middle of a job.

Typically, anything in the middle range has a reduced risk and more favorable terms.