My brain feels so scattered that I know this post will be as well.

I'm sure there are some scattered here and there, but the hype has no doubt driven demand for the area way up (along with prices).

And by following the correct steps above, it will be a lot easier to identify the right people because your equipped with the details from above vs just blind scatter shot of "I don't know" and leaving it up to them to dictate all those decision points for you. 

The single family homes are scattered throughout Oahu, but mostly on the North Shore and Windward side.  

I've actually seen quite a few scattered throughout the historic districts of Phoenix that otherwise have SFH residential zoning....the separate metering/address could be very old and grandfathered in at this point.

I can send you their contact information, if interested but those properties are scattered throughout the Midwest and Southeast.For vetting a team out in NC, I lived out there while in the Marine Corps, and I just interviewed many, worked with many, and got recommendations from people that I trusted out there, and so far they seem to really be taking care of things, so I hope it continues. 

One more thing I don't like about SFR is it takes a serious amount of time to visit every property scattered all over the place and you can visit more units at the same time with multi-unit properties.

As I grew up in a family that only invested in land and then resold it.I would venture to guess you have bought the cheap stuff that is scattered all around the west..

The reality is Detroit is a block by block market filled with values that scatter all over the place along with problems that arise as they would in any other marketplace.I think the issue is people that sell your properties in Detroit glorify the returns and fail to explain the risks associated with investing in such markets along with the actual values of these homes.

Our families are scattered across the world so we'd like to spend some time with them once the situation improves, while keeping Seattle as our homebase.