It's honestly insane how you people call yourselves investors yet your never prepared for hardships or things that come up.

The City I invest in has a somewhat outdated rule that states an emergency contact must reside within 60 miles of the residence. 

So I'm doing the preliminary work in the meantime--contacting the city to see what they would like, reaching out to the residents in the neighborhood, etc That's great that you are doing your research beforehand. 

there's a tremendous demand for inventory - both primary residences and rentals - and so buyers are willing to accept lower yield than a lot of us think makes sense. 

You need to educate and prepare for them now.

That being said, there’s nothing wrong with investing in blue collar areas but I prefer to invest in the ones that have a higher degree of owner occupancy because the residents of those areas care about where they live and have deeper roots.  

https://www.biggerpockets.com/...The real threshold questions are: do you have Japanese permanent residency? 

I currently reside in Ohio where I buy SFR rentals and do a couple flips a year.

Here’s a bit of background on my current situation:I own one rental property that generates $1,900 per month in rental income, and it is paid off ($300K).My primary residence is also paid off ($288K).I’m currently building another rental property with cash ($200K).

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.