You also must consider your understanding of the intricacies of managing a property yourself and whether you have the skills to manage a manager.Do you know anything about property maintenance, are you at all experienced or handy with tools. do you understand the functions of the different buildings trades, do you know the costs associated with the trades.If you have not been hands on involved in managing your own property it is extremely difficult to manage a property manager.

@Stephanie Younger I am a national development director and have interviewed and screened literally hundreds of contractors for virtually any and all trades that you could possibly imagine.  

these homes are traded more like commercial properties.. once they become rentals they pretty much stay that way the rest of their lives... so the resale value is totally related to the gross rents.. as each investor gets taught the 2% rule or 1% rule etc etc..

You can try the trades guys who advertise in the Flyer.com.

Hello I'm Steve plumbing and heating contractor by trade 17 years exp , I do project management , contracting , for flips and rentals .

I make my living on working with more affluent individuals who want to trade equity for ease of transaction.

., started a family and am possibly looking into starting my graduate degree in January of 2017.I’ve been quite interested in entrepreneurship for a while now and have chosen Real Estate as the venture that I believe will launch me into an entrepreneurial career as well as trading in FOREX.

It is a trade-off.

The plan is subject to UDFI on other leveraged investments not secured by real property such as margin trading in stocks.A Solo 401k is subject to Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) when engaging in a trade or business activity on a regular or repeated basis - as opposed to receiving passive income.  

Even with the challenges I've seen, I still love them and wouldn't trade them.Of all the markets you mention, Chicago and Indy are the only ones I'd deal with personally.