Not a fat at the moment.

Clearly it's best to look at as many as you can in any deal.

You can often get more robust and helpful perspective from a good conversation with one successful investor, then you can in hours and hours of research online.I know that doesn't totally answer your question, but hopefully that's somewhat helpful as a place to start.

We have to buy deals with fat profits to absorb inefficiencies from contractors (and 3rd party PM).We just had a TV wired and mounted in our primary residence. 

Learn as much as you can in the start of investing.

Yeah, I think the best opportunities to try to break even & cover your costs in the Poconos are either on the high end of the market or the low end of the market.Either go all-in & buy a dazzling $700k+ lakefront house in Lake Naomi, rent it for a ton, and hope to cover your extremely high costs.Or buy a $70k house in the middle of the woods, slap a coat of paint on it, and get whatever you can in rental income and at least your monthly carrying costs are relatively low and you’ve got yourself a nice little retreat in the woods.Can I ask how much that place you were targeting was listed for?

In colorado springs the market seems super difficult so I am wanting to stretch where I can in Texas, and toward northern Florida. 

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/...I'm buying everything I can in the area.

Now if he were to bring a suit in state court that there was a wrongful foreclosure, that is a different matter that can tie you up (or at least it can in Massachusetts) That being said, in general, the court will not put up with a serial filer.

Given that Michigan law fixes the max security deposit at 1 1/2 month's rent, you are not able to offset that risk with higher deposit, like you can in other states.