And if you can afford to buy a home and have the credit ( the biggest stumbling block for most buyers in the mid west in those price ranges) your not going to buy were there are huge amounts of rentals.Especially with mortgage rates were they are at.... for the price of a 900 to 1200 dollar rent most folks could buy a 150k home and in many of these markets that could be NEW construction with all owner occs better schools etc. 

- Adaryll I stumbled into Property Management years ago as a Leasing Consultant and found that it definitely lends itself to Buy and Hold investing.  

My girlfriend and I are looking for tenants for our first rental, and stumbled across a renter that wants to do a 2 year lease.First thought is HECK YEAH!

Yeah, I'd imagine that driving around wouldn't be the best way to find deals and that I'd have to be lucky to stumble upon something good.

Then, I stumbled upon the BP Youtube page and fell down the podcast rabbit hole, and within a couple weeks, my interest-o-meter was pinging 11.  

There a ton of scripts out there, wether it is online...at the end of the day, a script is guide for you not to get stumbled on POINTS you would like to hit during a  CONVERSATION. 

For those who stumble upon this, I was able to answer my own question by breaking out a detailed excel sheet along with these links: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/306...Esesntially 75% should be target, with 80% the absolute lowest.

But after doing a random search on Zillow my wife stumbled across a duplex for 30k.

I felt like I was stumbling thru the negotiations and I really want to gain some experience and confidence.

I stumbled onto a possible flip with awesome potential, but it might take some outside assistance; whether in the form of a partner or a lender.