In fact, many of their stories, just relied on, picking up a few investments in solid areas, taking care of them, and holding onto them for a long time. 

No, I don't care how the deal is financed. 

Markets with balanced property prices and strong rental demand will be key.While rising prices and interest rates may impact cash flow, with careful deal analysis and a focus on areas with good appreciation potential, it's achievable.

If you do contact her broker, this is what they are going to say if they even do respond because brokers don't care to get involved in anything even though it is their job.When an investor says "she advertised the property as highly profitable" it usually means they just accepted that and are taking no responsibility at all which is silly.

If you have 6 digits coming in cash you can definitely spread that around wisely in Ohio using proper leverage, but I would be careful about planning to scale before your feet are even wet.

Here are a couple of SEC 8 specific criteria...1) If their court records or pay stubs show any record of garnishments, be careful because SEC 8 ignore garnishments and the applicant will have trouble paying their portion, just like any other tenant would.2) If you see an outstanding landlord judgment, call the caseworker to ask when the tenant first was accepted into the program.  

But I looking at the long game - I want valued tenants that take care of the property and minimize wasting my time.

  #1, they removed pro/platinum features (calculators is what I care about)

If you're talking about investing in New Construction versus existing houses, and not GC'ing new construction then your lenders won't care about your construction background. 

Clinton is nice as well, but be careful, lots of foundation problems there.