Midwest is too large of a territory for an accurate comparison.   

You get what you pay for, so if you want more of a presence in that area and possible leads on more properties, ask the property management company what they could all do for you.

Reviews and presence online are a must.

Tbh, in today's market, folks want to have a personal connection or at least know the person behind the company so having a great social media presence will work as well. 

A South Korean company that supplies Tesla is inching closer to a transformative project - codenamed "Project Motion Forward" south of Austin that could make the company Buda's largest private-sector employer.Futronic's potential project is part of the continued "Tesla effect," referring to how electric vehicle suppliers have flocked to the region in response to Tesla's mammoth presence in eastern Travis County where the Elon Musk-led company has a huge factory and headquarters.

Your replacement property will have to be in the 50 US states or the territories of Guam, The USVI, and the Northern Marianas Islands. 

Good opportunities, early stage opportunities, may not have the best online presence, but be otherwise legitimate.Also IRR is a vanity metric, it's the wrong measurement.

You are in dangerous territory.

I could probably continue to source leads by increasing my web presence and some local advertising, someone more local to the area would have a clear advantage, I believe.

For example, could this potentially be a cash boom opportunity within the adjacent areas such as Kenosha and Mount Pleasant where one could buy low, sell high within a relatively short amount of time through appreciation, or would the presence of Microsoft increase cash flow in those areas?