Low or no down, seller financing and low or no interest with a balloon payment later is the holy grail (location, building condition, market also matter but it sounds like you have all that).

If you're going to start in a market you're eventually going to live in, I think that's a stronger case for that market."

What are you all seeing in the market right now?

I also have multiple tenants in the Ohio market that are part of the voucher program (CMHA & Eden).

If long-term rentals don’t cash flow, short-term or mid-term rentals (Airbnb, traveling nurses, corporate stays) might work better.

Study the market.

I am in the Tampa bay area now but grew up in Kentucky and travelled to Indy many times!! 

That's doubly so for traveling with a group.

So simple.Email & Marketing: How are you handling outreach, automation, and social media?

Over priced, layout is awkward, junky neighbors, back on market/under contract multiple times, bad photos, bad timing(got buried from other listings, weather occurrence, etc).