You could offer to be their eyes and ears, deliver materials to job sites, run errands, clean up a job site each night, etc.

I’m also in the Augusta area, give me a ring and I’d love to strategize with you two. 

Our tenant just moived out and made several unauthorized changes to our house, including installing a Ring doorbell (which was removed, leaving two large holes drilled into the brick) and installing an outlet and ethernet connection on the wall above the fireplace (which he sighted as an improvement, but I'm not sure most renters will install a 40+ in mounted tv, making it an eyesore on the mantle wall in my opinion).

Here in Metro Detroit the "ring cities" we have a solid mix of $80-$120k purchase price, 1-1.5% deals or so, $200-$350/door, 10-14% ROI, "Good investment areas".

Because you are going to live in it I think his answer rings true.

Everything you wrote seems to ring true in every sense I can think of and appears to come from a depth of personal experience.

You cleaner will be your eyes and ears on the property.

Quite a few end up being agents like yourself who just need a better affordable price/good rent ratio location.Perhaps, we could put some minds together..Our BP reviews can give more input.Californians tend to be happy with the balance found in our Ring Cities, bordering Detroit.

We are a couple starting our journey on Real Estate Investing with an open mind and open ears to all the knowledge and advice from those who choose to share with us.

Tell them your goal and have them keep their ears open.