And what state and town is it located in?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Any city that I'm looking to invest in I always start by looking at population growth.

Registration fees $800+ SOI $50 fees California and legal stuff-keeping it simple-easier to refinance a SFR if decide to just BRR and cash out refi in my personal name versus trying to get loan in LLC name. 

I gave out about 2000 business cards in the first few years.

If you’re leading it to a company be sure to have in your lease explicit information about who is responsible for what in terms of maintenance.

You can enter lottery in December of each year. 

Have you noticed more homeowners in Elkhart opting for the FSBO route?

Sounds like you've started your research on OOS investing, but the single best piece of advice I can give you is to establish a trusted investor-friendly agent who will be your boots on the ground once you decide which market you want to target.

Sometimes they forget to tell you that many tenants in Detroit don't pay (depending on the property manager skill and the type of tenant) - but taxes are very high in the city and so is insurance.