I will also note that the RC zoning district allows for quite a few extra units so you would get the best use out of your land by building a quadplex or something like that.if you are interested in going forward though I work part time at NOLA builds in town and they do great work for construction at all levels.feel free to reach out if you have more questions 

It popped up in the town I live in and I just knew this was the one I needed to buy.

Call them up and get an idea of their needs, why they are coming to town.

Appreciate the response.No, sadly I live in a small town 45 minutes from Allentown where multi-units come up every other month or so, and go quick.

He has about 80 of them in one town where I have one of my best cash flow places.

You do not need a license (like a brokers license) to manage your own properties.However, check your town to make sure you don't need a business license.In Tacoma, WA, as an example, even if you have a property manager, the owners themselves also need to have a Tacoma business license.If you hire a property manager, they will need a brokers license to manage other people's properties.Good luck!

I always do current home inspections to see how they live today and if I can't (e.g. they're moving in from out of town) I'm probably not going to rent to them.  

Most college towns here in UT restrict to 3 unrelated people.

I know it's expensive, but look at something in the smaller towns outside Charlotte or probate sales or start going to  REIA's and Meet ups and find some investors or people trying to sell fixer upper. 

so comparing miami to ohio or kansas or iowa is very wrong in my own opinion, because you are comparing diet coke with unsweetened tea, once the economy created its own pattern of success , comparing it to other town would not be accurate becoz the methodology of understanding the phenomenon has not been researched yet.like california is now the strongest market in usa although price wise it is the second highest and huge pop declines.