If you went to a surgeon, do you think they would recommend a surgery? 

I would also mention that once you have invested in Utah, I recommend the Utah Rental Housing Association as a resource.

For lenders, I have access to private money lenders or if you want to go the traditional route, I recommend checking out Coast to Coast - Jeff Weller. 

If you want please feel free to add me to your Network would love to be part of the team and I am always happy to help and offer advice or tips on my side of the finance part of things!

But I can't recommend something I would not do as an investor myself, so here it goes:1.)

I wouldn't focus singularly on individual city initiatives/projects and would recommend focusing more on fundamentals.

I find the interface easier to manually update rates across my portfolio, OwnerRez doesn't easily let me match rates across my properties on a spot basis (unless anyone here has other recommendations that uses OR).  

I recommend you do this annually to adjust for utility increases and other variables.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

The best way to get through the door with subs is a recommendation/connection from someone they respect.