Next is Recovery, where construction starts to pick-up slowly and vacancy begins to decline.

That's way to random trying to pick up buyers and I don't like letting a bunch of random unqualified people in your home and wasting my time and potentially exposing you to more risk. 

If you picked me up and put me in another location and I wanted to find a deal, that is what I would do first. 

So even if you pick a state with stronger protections like WY or NV, the cause of action arose in the state where the tenant fell, so likely that the court where the accident happened would have jurisdiction.

When picking a place for this, think about how cheap it is, how many people want to rent, the job scene, and rules that are good for the home owner.

Who picks up the phone calls anymore (unless it is their family).

For this I suggest checking BP book store maybe, pick your next book based on the specific strategy you ARE going to focus on 1st.

After viewing one of the properties I thought was a good pick.

if you're looking to invest out of state, read these 3 threads first.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1171104-the-m...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1193623-rent-...with interest rates where they are, you just aren't going to 'cash flow' meaningfully on your first, or first few properties, for your first few years, if they are 'traditional' LTRs. with that said, if you're serious about picking an OOS market, i'd recommend going to your chosen market in person, probably multiple times, to set up your team.

The contractor you pick and hire can hire, or has a clean out crew along with demo crew.