Your best bet is to either add another layer of subfloor (the thicker you can go the better but obviously this can cause problems for transition areas that you may not be adding subfloor to), or use either floor leveler or floor mud to help even out the floor.

Your best bet might be to go to local investor workshops and then find someone very successful where they might take the time to help you out IF they feel you are truly motivated to listen and take action with direction as given.At some point as people age they do want to pay it forward helping others but not those with low motivation or want the easy answers in life with massive results.  

The Shaw flooring representative came over and said that their vinyl strips would be the best bet. 

Now with that said though I bet there have been some people who started out doing OOS investing and it worked out well for them.

For example the city of Frisco is a pretty popular place to live today, population over 200,000, and I'll bet there are less than 100 duplexes.   

@Josh Caldwell  its the only state in the Union I have not personally set foot in or on.I bet its a sleeper don't hear anything about it really.... good luck with it.

Spring is one of the main times folks do it so get on it now and I bet you find some good stuff.

Your best bet will be to work the process a slow as it is.

If you're looking to dip your toes into real estate, a duplex might be a better bet for now.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.