I am very new to all these ideas and have been watching the podcasts, youtubes and reading articles as well, trying to narrow down my options.

Try to narrow down your options to the top 3-4.

Any tips on how to narrow down a decent section of Wayne County? 

I have done a ton of research and travel, and mild obsessing, and these are the destinations I have narrowed in on.By no means am I an expert, and everyone has different opinions and desires for what they want in a destination.For me, I prefer now non-touristy, tropical, authentic, safe(ish), and good bang for your buck.

@Spencer CuelloI would google 506 B and syndication companies.

That’s extremely helpful in narrowing down some areas!

If its a stagnant growth market what benefits do you achieve waiting a few years rather than ripping off the band-aid and paying your LTCG taxes now? 

Just a note - For your strategy of ADU you will eventually want to narrow the area you are in looking.

There are a few questions I have for you that will help me narrow the list. 

I will Also do take into account the fact the refund window is impossibly short at 3 days for anyone not 75 or older, how you can decide if you are satisfied with a lender inside of 3 days for finding a deal, and doing the appraisal etc is beyond meYes, they are a scam as I tried using them and besides getting locked out of my account constantly, which seems to be from their side of things from how they made it sound, they have rather unrealistic requirement's (Comps that none of the local realtors or other lenders use for one thing i.e too narrow),or the fact they expect total rehabs to be done inside of a month or 2 and then the property should sell instantly after that, they want all of that done in the space of 5 months, even deciding a property is something else entirely, deciding that other homes are businesses (Like a bike shop) even though they are clearly residential SFR or apartments.