It is MidAmerican service territory.

Most U.S. markets now are approached PEAK territory, so I'd be cautious... 

Maybe one of those places is looking to expand its presence.  

Was it important for you as an investor to have a attorney in-place and ready before you bought your first property or was her/his presence on your team something that happened as necessary?

@Douglass Belt My commercial broker lives in Madison, whith his territory being Racine to Green Bay to Madison. 

I do not know if it would be as easy to fix the unplanned if you were in unfamiliar territory with few people you can rely on."

The part where you are getting into "gray territory" and over complicating things is where you are talking about using land contracts to get around a due on sale clause and clouding title. 

I have my direct mail going out, online presence is being worked on and trying to network as much as I can.

What I personally do is not only screen then using standard methods, but look at their online presence, Facebook,Instagram, ect...If they talk like a gangster, look like a gangster, walk like a gangster, then they must be and you don't want them in your house.

So my overall impression is that you are venturing into cigar butt territory.