Check out this article from the Albuquerque journal which highlights Las Cruces as rated one of the best cities in the US for flipping.

They need to be reasonably sure that the deal will close.I've seen a lot of sellers who have moved out of their house or made purchases based on the money they would be getting just to find out a day before closing that it wasn't going to happen.That metric, percentage closed, is relevant, but only over a year or more.

I will attempt to look at their posts/articles about it.

The 1% rule isn't relevant for renting your current home.

It is possible for only one rental to be considered a trade or business (sometimes what is considered a trade or business is relevant for different reasons for tax purposes), but obviously the more rentals and more involved you are the better your position. 

I work with plenty of out-of-state investors who are seeing great success here in Ohio.Read this article on the "core 4".

Read the Tom's article, they are pretty solid when it comes to tech reviews.

I could not find any indication this is law, and I'm still finding recently-written articles about what to do when your HELOC balloon payment comes due. https://www.lendingtree.com/ho...

On point #4 I was surprised by this article I read today about older workers in the work force.https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/older-workers-a...

I work with plenty of out-of-state investors who are seeing great success here in Ohio.Read this article on the "core 4".