One with low cash, one with some owner financing and a little less price. 

It's interesting because of the low start up capital and potential for higher returns.

We are fair housing compliant regarding animals.Our tenants’ safety and the peaceful enjoyment of their home is important to us, so we do a credit/criminal background check on all applicants aged 18+, as well as employment and prior landlord verifications.

And Sec8 sounds great, but comes with it's own issues.Add it all up you get a low dollar, but high headache strategy, which is a challenge that gets amplified, especially when you are operating remote.

Believe it or not there are still a few "old-school" counties but those are few and far between and the volume is low.

Low risk investments sell at a premium, that's the whole idea of cap rates.

Now all taxes are based on a super low rate you can’t fight. 

House hacking is an excellent strategy, especially with the potential to use an FHA loan to secure a property with a low down payment. 

Foreclosures ar near all time lows.

Quote from @Fernando Martin-Gullans: Hey y’all, I’m a retail investor with 2 SFH rentals worth a combined ~$650k looking to utilize some of my stored equity to buy more out-of-state properties, but I’m not quite sure how best to proceed given that my interest rates are incredibly low (leaning me away from refinancing) and neither property is owner-occupied (which I believe prevents me from using a HELOC).