They’re often well-connected to contractors and property managers who know the drill for moderate rehabs in that area.

The topic bounces around every so often. 

Not every state or city mandates that any landlord has to accept Section 8, because the landlord has to not only subject their property to Section 8 inspections, rules and regulations, they also often have to separately arrange for the tenant to pay the non-covered part of the rent and can face difficulty evicting just based on that.

Since there are often different entities, there are different skills and systems needed.With that said, I can tell you are definitely better at building systems that I am (I have built up some best practices, but they mostly reside in my head).

But they’re really hard to find, and often involve “working” the deal.  

@Jeff Hineswhatever you end up doing i'd stay local. i know the markets you mentioned look tempting, but they have their own challenges - for example, the midwest housing stock is very old and often has severe deferred maintenance. 

Every so often I will look at my listing in private or incognito mode to make sure it's showing up to the general public.Closer to their stay, I text guests (who want it) a guest book that I put together with local restaurants, things to do, parking, etc. 

However often the properties are not really in the better parts of town and don't always attract the best tenants.I've always thought real estate is not as passive as people will make you think and maybe the buyers want. 

I should check here more often

I didn't have a good team in place, and I had to go save the investment every so often.