Armed with this information, carefully evaluate whether the numbers meet your investment objectives before making a decision.Good Luck!

I'd say everything else is the consequence of the 2 points above - the weather and the state of economic affairs influences everything else, including safety, infrastructure, the condition of housing stock, etc.

And it ain't those in the rural areas carjacking, drivebuys, rapping and doing armed robbery.  

If you want safety, pay off the property.

There simply isn't enough margin in this business to layer on a national company, without charging you an arm and a leg and/or doing a substandard job.

Even if I use an attorney, I should still be armed with as much knowledge as possible.

Quote from @Scott Mac: Safety - Inherit a fully paid for SFH, in decent condition, in the neighborhood you live in, and rent it out to long term tenants who you are comfortable with.

I've heard of where some coaches or courses weren't geared for newcomers and would like advice on a good land flipping coach that's not going to require to give them an arm and a leg but will really help me get started. 

We are fair housing compliant regarding animals.Our tenants’ safety and the peaceful enjoyment of their home is important to us, so we do a credit/criminal background check on all applicants aged 18+, as well as employment and prior landlord verifications.

A project with a 75% cost to ARV will still turn a profit.This thing goes wrong when the GC arm of the process fails, neglects, steals, becomes unresponsive, misappropriate funds, does a poor job.