If you've chosen these two just because you like the Indy market, I'd recommend expanding your search to other markets and focusing on reputation and customer service/PM quality.

Be a good buyer so you can scale in your chosen market.

There's no specification whether or not the tenant would have chosen to renew if there wasn't a sale going on.  

I am admititly not an expert, but I see there are some critical differences for me and for my chosen strategy as to why each market is appealing.

She had since graduated and had sufficient verifiable income and approved her.If a similarly qualified tenant without an eviction had also applied then we would have chosen the tenant with the cleaner record, but it wasn't an automatic deal breaker for us and she's worked out just fine.

Definitely start with the BP Begginers Guide and while I my self have not chosen same strategy I am more than positive the Flipping Houses Guide will be a great help!

I believe them when they say that they can't pay more than $850, because they've chosen to spend their income on other things.

Your tenants will pay any day you choose, I have chosen the 1st of every month.  

The house I have chosen is small.

When you find them, you keep them onside, every time you have a problem, go with the same company, if they don't remember you then remind them "hey you did my xyz last year" - they won't remember but they will appreciate your repeat business.Another thing, when your chosen hvac company says $75 for a summer service (maybe $50), you say "yes", not because you need it, but because you stay a valued customer.The pay off of this loyalty is the day you have a real problem.In the height of summer, our chosen hvac company will be onsite to repair any unit within 3 hours.