Here's my next step:Since the exact market is still up in the air, I'll need to research the viability of BRRRR in each of the potential locations (Fort Wayne, Twin Cities, Denver, Bucks County, PA, and West Chester, PA).

We do however have our preferred lender offer them incentives to use them so we know the mortgage is air tight.

Super nice house with nice landscaping , hardwood floors in great condition, nearly move in ready with new furnace/hotwater/ central air.

Like replacing remodeling a restaurant you purchase with new interior, grills, fryers and coolers... you are investing in the long term of your business.  

Bigger Pockets is a breathe of fresh air in a society where branding and marketing are overplayed. 

Ideally it would be a single family or small multi-unit that I could set up as an Air bnb or long term rental with the goal of moving to St Pete to live in within the next 5-10 years.

Verify air filter has been changed regularly.

You certainly won't say I paid to thin air.

For the case of the typical OOS RE investor who would be hiring out work to contractors or using their PM’s maintenance staff for all repairs, I hold my estimate costs and process that derived it is fairly accurate and easier to justify then pulling numbers out of the air. 

I don’t know about Ohio but here in California a property must have a heater to be habitable, however air conditioning is entirely optional.