I've narrowed down to a handful of areas, and on paper Fort Wayne seems like it's full of potential opportunities.

The cost of construction will be too high for it to make sense on paper.

At closing the buyers said that they were not signing papers until everything was done on their due diligence repair list.

Scenario 1: a nest under a gutter that's home to 10-20 paper wasps, a variety that is not very aggressive and can easily be taken care of with a can of spray. 

It was just a letter type on the plain sheet of paper with no letterhead.

I second cozy.coI’ve been using it these last few tenant cycles and it’s a great tool in many ways.1- if the tenant won’t pony up the $40 fee or take the time to do it, it’s a great indicator for me to who I’m dealing with2- I don’t have to take applications and money and I don’t feel bad for taking an app fee and not giving it to those applicants. 3- no need to collect ssn and to destroy4- Tenants can’t leave anything blank as they can with a paper app5- feels more formal and professional 6- generally the type of potential tenant I like to deal with that can use tech to communicate, which gives me a glimpse to how they’ll handle future complaints and requests. 

How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IKKIMU/ref=cm_sw_r_c...It’s a little dated with the whole pen and paper stuff but the concepts are solid and helped me a ton before I got started.

Say your property shows a $5,000 annual profit on paper, once you consider the write-offs like depreciation, mortgage interest, property tax, etc, what kind of tax bill should you expect?

I've recently started to run across more triplexes in my area and found one that may look good on paper, but I'm not quite sure of because of the renovations that are needed.  

However, I've already been told by conventional lenders that I am not likely to qualify since I'm self-employed, thus my income on paper is lower than normal.