Which is usually very inexperienced in the rental department.  

While I'm inexperienced I'm not afraid to get quotes from 10 people to get the mostcompetitive rate to ensure my flip is not a flop.While I'm primarily asking for local advice any experienced flippers advice is welcome.

Sorry for the long write and will try to keep it concise as possible.I slowly come to realize that no matter what Jobs I have with my years of experience and seniority to get a promotion/raise with good record when the management position was given to a inexperienced junior due to my disability as Deaf while was given every excuses you could think of in the textbook to why I couldn't climb the ladder.

His goal is to take advantage of amortization and appreciation to have that SFR pay for his kid's college. not everyone's cup of tea, but it works for himThen there is risk, which goes hand and hand with return, but is rarely talked about on BP.

Although these ended up being a great investment (sold one of them 3 years later for approx $75k higher than he purchased them), it's not his cup of tea. 

-A majority of the agents are idiots or inexperienced or both..  

There are many others, but these are some of the most important and frequently overlooked by inexperienced owners.If you have virtually no construction, maintenance, repair experience, you will be at the mercy of whatever various contractors and handypersons answer the phone when you call them out.

In Sioux Falls specifically, I would absolutely not want to own a facility down at the Tea exit for the reasons you mentioned, but I think facilities close to residential areas will maintain good occupancy numbers. 

If you are balking at paying for the appraisal, to me as a lender, it says you are either too new and inexperienced or not sufficiently committed.

He is very inexperienced, the property was his mothers and was dropped in his lap five years ago.