Since companies have a limited lifespan (10–18 years on average), cities must attract new businesses to maintain job opportunities.Factors Companies Consider:Low Operating Costs: States with lower property taxes and insurance costs.Low Crime Rates: High-crime cities deter businesses and tenants alike.Natural Disaster Risks: Avoid areas prone to disasters, as recovery can take years, impacting your rental income.City Size and InfrastructureFocus on cities with metro populations over 1 million.

As used in this Section 18, "Interest in the Property" means any legal or beneficial interest in the Property, including, but not limited to, those beneficial intereststransferred in a bond for deed, contract for deed, installment sales contract or escrow agreement, the intent of which is the transfer of title by Borrower at a future date to purchaser.If all or any part of the Property or any Interest in the Property is sold or transferred

Lancaster city limits short term rentals to only certain zones of the city so definitely look at the city website for that information.

While I can see the incoming administration "deporting" (technically) large numbers of people who cross and are immediately sent back to the other side of the border, I believe that the number of people who are deported from this country in the sense that they are ripped from their communities not immediately adjacent to the border and forcibly sent to another country will be less than 100,000 in aggregate over the next four years, and largely limited to violent criminals in red states. 

Credit is a factor as bad credit may limit options, or may have the lender require you to put 10 or 20 years of taxes and insurance into escrow. 

Your screening is limited to ONLY what RentRedi thinks should be part of the screening process, and rent payments...well, you will be reported to the IRS for the fees RentRedi charges..and RentRedi will not give you their W9 to write those off as an expense.

Quote from @Sam Evrard: How do you go about finding areas to invest in with limited capital? 

Though Buildium has its limitations, its financial tracking is quite robust.

Most institutions have a 70% limit. 

Most lenders are going to be limited to 70% of ARV ($560,000 total loan amount) but that means they could fund 85% or a bit higher of purchase price + rehab ($560,000/$645,000 = 86.8%), which is solid.