You’ll want to invest in areas that have tenant interest but also aren't on the extreme end of neighborhood quality—this means avoiding the very toughest spots, where turnover can be high and managing tenants can be difficult.

As long as you're willing to make sure you have good, quality properties, Section 8 can be a good way to go!

It includes a lot of good/bad examples.

Maybe start with a part-time ops manager or a reliable lead cleaner to free up your time while keeping quality high.

The success of your cold call (or any marketing) campaign depends on  the quality  of  data (leads)  that you are using.

We have been a quality fencing company for 5 years part-time, and just announced this year we are going full-time with it.

Part of this is the quality of the house.

Too bad you can't buy something owner-occupied, put 5% down with the best interest rate, live in it for 12 months (and fix it up), rent it out and repeat the cycle.Here's some other info you might find useful:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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?

Having the contractor relationship in place to move quickly and provide a high quality renovation at a reasonable price.

A tenant may try to befriend you so that you'll feel bad about kicking them out if rent is unpaid, etc.