(Not to mention it would go a long way in giving my wife a little confidence in pushing on in this direction.)Below is what I've chosen as criteria on List Serve, resulting in 310 properties on the list. 

This out-of-towner thinks the returns look good, rental market looks strong, and these neighborhoods have good access to transit, shops, etc.I would love some advice from those who are currently investing in these neighborhoods, or from those who have chosen to stay away from these neighborhoods.

How is the starting bid chosen? 

You can buy 2 single family homes in the midwest with $30k and make over $500/mo in net cash flow while building equity every single month.Is there a reason why you have chosen to invest in syndications instead of investing yourself?

The hours needed will be determined on the VA or company chosen and how they are able to assist my company's growth.The current plan is to have a VA start out with a couple tasks like downloading spreadsheets re-sorting them to specific zip codes and emailing to bird dogs, manually researching county foreclosure records and entering into spreadsheets, & sorting emails.

This was one of the options given to me by my mortgage lender and the option that was chosen by the parent I am borrowing the money from.

Bird-dogging/wholesaling is the avenue I have chosen to get started with.

In NY metro area the Chinese in Queens are coming in at between 30 to $52 a square ft includen an Ogee edge depending on the granite chosen . most popular is uba tuba that would price in about $30 a ft. including sink cut out etc.

Just be sure you're nowhere near the loud crypto mining operation.

I personally have chosen to dig in deep closer to home since I am close to great neighborhoods that have a bit more appreciation along with the cash flow.