(We don't usually run city tracts as our grid systems and/or lines are hundreds of acres and usually in more rural areas).

You can get a home inspection performed for a few hundred dollars, but it's really pointless.

I have purchased a turnkey rental in DFW and I also have worked with hundreds of clients who have purchased turnkeys with a lot of success.

For example: Ceramic Tile throughout the entire home, 2 inch Quartz countertops in kitchen and baths, 2 toned real wood cabinets just to name a few. 

I work with hundreds of out of state clients and a few dozen that are out of the country that include a few in Canada.

You would never have lost if you just invested in the broad market in any decade in the last 100 years.If you want to compare it to individual stocks, then stocks beats RE hands down as TSLA and hundreds of other stocks have skyrocketed.

It needed a new roof, new septic tank, water heater, well pump, hardwood floor refinishing, light reno in kitchen (paint cabinets, replace countertops, 1 new appliance), full bathroom renovation on 2 bathrooms cleaning up wood rot on siding, painting exterior.

Maybe you get luck and double your money or assign it for $5000 profit.Lots of these courses you can find on ebay for a couple hundred...or if you have a 1/2 priced books store near you. 

There are hundreds of hard money lenders.

Factor that with a total-loss fire, half a dozen insurance claims for smaller fires, easily a hundred evictions, a thousand months of uncollected rent, and a shooting in 2010 that is as close to wearing handcuffs as I desire.If you live in Toledo and are ready to holster up and manage your own portfolio then 43608 has some real potential.