If you have a solid deal in the Finger Lakes (which you have said has high equity growth), keep the bird in the hand. 3.

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. 

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. 

But higher tax rate in PG county. 

There is a State of Emergency in effect and anti-price gouging laws apply.

Never heard of Investor's Edge, but this sounds like a straight up scam.

There's lots of competition from everyone jumping in.