These areas tend to offer solid cash flow, even for out-of-state investors.Regarding company structure, owning property in an LLC is a popular option here.

DM if you want me to guide you on choices for your borrowers. 

Does anyone else have an opinion(s) on the best overall CRM choice for an REI based business, across the board?

My first choice is Oklahoma City, but I’m also looking into Memphis.

@Nathaniel Dean Morrisoni'm still not sure I'm following you, but if you're asking - should you use extra cash to put more money down on a house, and/or use extra cash to lower the rate - those are pretty personal choices so you have to decide what's right for you and what fits your budget. 

Your choices are to save more money or work harder to find one off-market for a below-market price.

If the latter, you will likely not have a choice as most rehab loans require a GC.

Insurance is going to get more expensive, the government wants to keep people in homes, home equity financing is only growing in popularity, multiple generations are living under the same roof more, and all of those trends are going to lead to changes in how tax law is used and possibly the law itself.

It takes many years of work and experience to become a well known listing agent of choice at scale (and continued good execution to maintain it).

Alot depends on material choice and design complexity.