You will always be paying way more than necessary for turn-key in my opinion (and I think a lot of that has to do with a lot of our local markets being concentrated with government loan buyers which is why I think conventional can give you a very awesome advantage!)

@Matt Comrey there are a lot of good areas in Indianapolis so rather than focus on a particular neighborhood, I would suggest concentrating on an asset class.

@DeMonte Hester secure financing so you and your agent have a more concentrated search when looking.Most agents have go to lenders which is nice.

I would concentrate on sleeping the most adults as possible to maximize nightly rent.

I, on the other hand, just want to concentrate on dealmaking and investing, so I’ll pay the contractors fee

It will need to be concentrated enough to attract other future buyers and create its own energy.

Scott thank you for the input , yes my plan is to quit working my full time job at the beginning  of next year , also i going to piece out the physical work so i can concentrate on the mental work, i want to scale my business splitting my time in too places is not cutting it!

A quarterly mail campaign to the same people over, say,  a 5 year period is a powerful marketing force in any sub market. 100 concentrated, specific mailers sent on a consistent basis are much more effective than 2,000 boiler plate mail-blast flyers

That brings me to my third suggestion.3) Identify what real estate investing strategy you want to follow and concentrate your efforts learning the niches of it. 

Concentrate on education and future employment.