There's quite a supportive investor community here.First tip: come to a monthly meeting of ORREIA (https://www.orreia.net/). 

One tip: focus on areas with year-round demand and check local regulations early—they can make or break a deal. 

Just buying a home, rehabbing it, and selling it isn't as straightforward as it seems.

It is why it was first on my top 5 of current risks.Feel free to DM me and I'll send you my 10 Tips for Wrap Mortgages along with a video from an attorney that knows this stuff.

In other words, they are in some sort of financial situation that is forcing the sale of the home.

We hosted meetings at The Home Depot in Belleville, Il prior to covid.

We could build larger, but there will be less Buyers and the home can potentially sit for longer and holding costs get expensive.Not saying building larger is wrong, but just giving you our reasoning for our home size.But I do 100% agree with you. 

One meter reading for all usage or like some small communities a set price for each occupied home?

Imagine having 10 cheap homes that cash flow $2,000/mo or $24k per year.

Examples:44109 (median home price went from roughly 50k to 125k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77009/cleveland-oh-44109/ 44102 (median home price went from roughly 30k to 120k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77002/cleveland-oh-44102/ 44106 (median home price went from roughly 100k to 200k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77006/cleveland-oh-44106/ It has the highest rents on average in all of Ohio for major cities and the median income is not even in the top 3.