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.

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

And in return I think the health of the overall housing market will benefit as well. 

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. 

If it really is a good fix and flip, then the HOA should be glad to get someone in to take care of it and make it better for their community.

Be careful with that BRRR stuff.I personally would not do Remote BRRR as there is just a lot of risk with 1) risk of embezzlement with contractors 2) change orders and 3) bank doing bait and switch doing a lower appraisal and/or LTV on the refinance.Most service providers net worth is under 500-1M net worth and I just did not feel comfortable working with them because they would screw me over when I wire over 30-50k checks to do work.

This can be a useful tool in situations where a tenant is uncooperative or unwilling to leave, but it's important to approach the process carefully to ensure that it's successful. 

I would think very carefully about ceding control over the investment given you are all inexperienced.

If you can lever up 4x to 5x on a $2M property that doubles in value every 10-12 years, who cares about landlord-tenant laws?