The list of property management suites at Capterra is a decent start, so long as you take their reviews with a grain of salt. 

A foreclosure initiated by Ocwen won't touch your credit at all as you are in a second lien position and not a direct holder of the loan/mortgage.If the foreclosure starts you might be able to recoup the money or lose it.

Knowing your current state comps is a great place to start and a real estate agent can help pull those figures quickly. 

) the education process has started with me regarding the commercial side of things !  

Hi Drake,You are in the right space to get started, so congrats on taking the first step.

Quote from @Celli Mowery: Hi Jamesinteresting message -I know I’ve seen your name often on the Bluegrass Investors GroupI have spent the last 5 years investing in London and while some of the concerns you mentioned did exist when we started I’m finding we haven’t had issues with tradesmen coming from Lexington & Richmond for us in recent years.

I moved to Columbus Ohio to start investing in real estate here! 

My partner and I have a flip that we will be starting in mid march as well!

Most 1031s will start in one location and end in another anyway. 

I will add that you definitely do not need to be near your investments, but it makes things a lot easier when you first start off.