I think the lack of true relationship between investor and lender soil any deal, just like the investor hiring a bad sub contractor.

@Thomas S.Obviously all systems/soils will be different, but when I purchased my home it had a failing field, totally backing up.

You can find a one bedroom apt. on a beautiful white sandy beach for less than $150K (today!)

Wait til someone puts a soiled dog bed in your washer, it's out of order untill it's cleaned out and the next customer will be ticked!

Everything from zoning to environmental studies to utilities to soil tests to water management to permitting, etc.

Quote from @Sandy Chau: @Mitch Messer @Tom O'StasikIndependently, I have been looking at Oklahoma as well (OKC and Tulsa) but I learnt that the home insurance prices are the highest in the US, even more than Florida which is notorious for high insurances.How do the investment returns work with home insurances even higher than the property taxes?

We now need to get soil reports done, a structural engineer involved, etc. so we can firm up the plans.

NO bad soil like some states from Texas through Mississippi. decent landlord laws. 

We require the dog is fully vaccinated and does not dig in the yard, soil in the house, cause general damage.

@Sandy Magyar, for me that would be straight forward.