Does anyone know if there are REIA meetups and/or Real Estate investor meetups in Iowa, preferably in Scott County Iowa?

this is the "preferable way" of approaching problem .... rather than just throw up everything wanna invest to all states but end up confuses.

Agent spam is mostly focused around Columbus and a couple other markets.

You could also call a couple of contractors on the phone and get rough sqft pricing from them for roofing, siding,  painting etc. like how much the averages costs are per square (100 square feet) and square foot .

From what I’ve seen, the value of a premium listing really depends on a couple of factors: the local market's activity and how saturated it is with similar rentals.

I've hired cleaners in house & covered for some local owners for a couple of months while they were out of town, and it's not very straightforward. 

Even with the recent rate increase of the last couple of years, f/f is significantly below S&P lifetime return.

I got a couple of these on my furnished monthly rental.

If you're not able to keep at least 25% of the profits within a couple of years of acquisition - you'll likely be doing a whole lot of work for investors with little upside and a lot of risk for you. 

My CPA has a couple LTR's, so I figure he must be on top of this.