I also invest in other assets such as stocks, and private companies as well.

Popular markets near us appear to be the hudson valley, adirondacks, finger lakes (although it seems STR's are under fire there), and even the cape cod area as we have vacationed there a lot and know the area fairly well.   

I assume many people here do their own cleaning when they got started so maybe it’s well known by people who aren’t me?

I’m a realtor in Indiana and have an investor client doing really well with Section 8 rentals.

It can be spouse friendly as well.😉.  

Quote from @Sebastian Medina: I would search out people in your market that are flipping, and try going to a couple meetups as well.

Hope you all are well! 

If I purchased a home locally I’d have to ask well beyond the market rate on rent just to break even.

Very well versed with fix and flip (help create a full scope of work with phasing if you are new or out of state), we have three teams of contractors to get jobs done quicky (all licensed), long and short term rentals, and love the PadSplit concept for greater returns.

Also @Sean Graham has a valid strategy above as well.