Older properties could allow for a higher quantity of investments and potentially more cash flow, but I lack experience with these and would consider working with investor friendly realtor and property managers.I would greatly appreciate any advice on:New constructions vs. older homes.Self-managing or working with a property manager.Identifying promising locations for long-term rental investments.Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Just doesn't work that way.If you want to grow with quantity/volume, have deep pockets and re-circulate capital in high RTP areas and get a few houses a year.

@Sarah Hall if you want to add properties, more leverage is probably the answer, but I would go for quality over quantity.

Multi family is much more difficult to get into, as AZ is more geared towards apartment style living quantity wise than duplex/tri/quad living.

Establish unambiguous expectations and home rules to promote harmony in your living space.Understand the zoning rules and restrictions in your area.

Quality over quantity.

All of them provide different benefits, but I personally would rather better appreciation markets or somewhere in between and not be overly concerned with my % returns (quality over quantity for me).

There's nothing wrong with doing virtual walkthroughs in my opinion IF you already have a relationship built with that broker AND you have a good idea of what you're doing.From a broker's perspective, if I'm spending my time, energy, gas, resources, network, analysis, etc. on a client that is either not making serious offers and/or is spending more quantity vs. quality - then I may be averse to walking every single property.

Petr I prefer Columbus the most out of all of those markets due to its growth, quantity of big names, and levels of appreciation/rent growth.

Once upon a time the standard commissions for both sides was 6%, that has since dropped in many areas to 5-5.5% This is to be expected as the technological improvements and the information available to buyers and investors is more accessible and in theory the quantity of work demanded to identify a buyer a suitable property is lower.