Just a little counter argument…Randy 

Trust me it was a huge pain but it was the perfect house for my clients so I jumped thru so hoops for them. 

In FME when pricing is "too high", by nature it opens a door for new competitors to emerge competing on price, driving market prices DOWN. 

I live locally so I drive over to the property and she is speeding off just as I pull up with officers.

@Naseema Subratiinvest within driving distance / where you can be hands on

@Steele Kruzel If you don't mind driving to the south side check out Kristel's Tax & Accounting. 

It's important if you're going into a new area that doesn't have a ton of development yet, but you are very confident in, to purchase as much inexpensive land as possible before your plans become known but to also make sure you drive enough volume in that area to make it clear to tenants that they're not in a desert outpost all alone.

There were a few slight distractions like figuring out financing, selling a neighboring lot (that I had also acquired via letter writing) on Craigslist, rent out my RV, rent out my house, make my first ever documentary film (a twenty minute short called Kara, Star Of The World about a woman with a traumatic brain injury from a childhood ski accident), take any photo and video work I could get, start a 360 photography company, create social media channels to hype the build, parent two small kids, do a beautiful and excruciating tandem mountain bike ride across Scotland, drive my family on RV trips to Colorado/Arizona/Utah/Nevada/California/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Michigan/Florida, attempt to write a novel and adopt a puppy.The above may read as humble brag, it is not.

@Kong Yong Get in your car, drive down every street in your target market, write down the address of the houses that look like they are in bad shape, get on property records and finding the mailing address of the owner, mail them....

If your property is within a short drive from a major hospital, you could have consistent bookings.