Based on that range, I have been eyeing SF's in IN and OH.

Hi Steven,It sounds like you and your wife, Renee, have a wealth of experience in the real estate and construction fields, which is a great foundation for starting your real estate investing business.Given your background in residential remodeling and home inspections, and Renee's experience as a real estate agent, you're off to a strong start.

Strong job growth, low unemployment rate, and strong population growth.

They need to be high traffic areas in "trendy" parts of the city, or the alternative is what this forum is discussing being near Cleveland Clinic where travel nurses can be a large part of your tenant base.

If they try to hide who their current landlord is or lie about it, you can simply deny them based on that.

Hello Pychou,My names Sarah Naylor, I am a local investor and investor friendly real estate agent based in Lancaster PA.

If NY is where you decide to be I would strongly recommend connecting with @Mohammed Rahman he is who I would use. 

If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  

I would make sure financially you have a good base and then connect with a local agent

I’m starting a wholesaling company based in Wyoming and interested in operating in Texas and Florida as a start.