Next day mail is not a rush in this digital age.

Overall the Oz economy has slowed significantly (mostly due to the oil and mining slowdown) but relatively low interest rates (nothing as low as US or CDN) are driving those investors that can, to invest (plus our currency is now much cheaper than just 1 - 1.5 yr ago). 

In the meantime, my currency took a nose dive losing 5% to the USD in that space of time. 

Except from contractual payments, i have to put 15-20 k usd for interior/decor/furniture and i will be able to rent property 1 for around 700-1000 usd/ mon, and latter for 350-400usd/ mon.Tought thing is that our country is facing cash shortage, property prices going down, local currency (som) ex rate falling, and people are unsure about the future economic situation.

There is currently a button they can press as they walk out of the garage to close it, and also a keypad with a 4 digit code to open/close it inside the house as they leave/come in by the door.  

Not by much, single digits I think, and it must have been in the outliers mostly.

We faced two issues in escrow: because of the HOA lien foreclosure we had to do some extra searching to find a title insurance company willing to issue a policy; getting a payoff was an issue until someone at escrow obtained the last four digits of the SSN and used the bank's automated system to get a payoff.The second situation was similar but this one we kept as a rental.

just did the measurements with a digital tape measurer., off by 30%, which is huge.

If you're not "married" to your local market here in the Inland Empire then your thought of investing in the Midwest is likely a prudent one.For $90,000 to $130,000 you can get a three bedroom home in a great neighborhood that generates double-digit cash on cash returns.When you live in an expensive market where the rents are relatively low to the purchase price, it is difficult to get attractive rates of return.  

FULL interior/ exterior digital photos taken between each tenant, and after significant renovations, painting, and repair has saved so many headaches.