I am not an attorney, but I have fixed up numerous house and have run 2 construction companies and can speak from my years of experience in California.

So far Ohio, Indiana and kentucky  seem like they may worth taking a closer look at ( a purely numeric observation). 

After listening to dozens of podcasts, and reading numerous real estate investing blogs and books I'm concerned that the following will doom me to failure.I'm not interested in traveling and I don't salivate over quotes.I've noticed repeatedly that real estate investing masters love nothing more than going on a vacation, and it just doesn't do it for me.

There's numerous 20-somethings through 40-somethings dotted all over the beltline. 

They have numerous evictions, a theft record, the good tenant says they steal her stuff and their kids pull pieces of the house off (siding corners), and best for last, when they failed to pay the electric and it got turned off, they switched the meters, which of course is dangerous and put the good tenant in a mess with the electric co that was sending her the bills!!!

I have spoke with numerous property management companies and plan to meet up with a few when I get construction quotes.

I’ve called numerous banks/credit unions over the years for various things and more times than not they’re the one who seems to pull through

After listening to numerous BP podcasts over the past several months, I felt it was time for me to jump in and become an active member of the site.  

Slowly is how I have been in this for about 6 years or so now and I have gone through numerous realtors and contractors.

On our own projects, we always make our own assessments of rental rates, and there are numerous resources for this data once you know where to look.You need to determine the business plan, i.e. duplexes vs. larger project, then have an architect layout the design on your chosen path, then run a set of number (proforma) to determine feasibility.