Top suburbs for house hacking include East Point, Decatur, College Park, Lithonia / Stonecrest, Mableton, and Smyrna / Vinings.

There's more value and price/annual gross rents ratio in the middle and right part of the map.

Tulsa has some promising areas for new construction, especially at the price point you're aiming for.You might want to check out East Tulsa and Broken Arrow —both have been seeing growth, and new construction options can still be found under $200K in some developments.

We have a CA LLC (H3 Properties) but need another LLC for a partnership STR investment on the East coast.  

I have had an investor on a window job pre pay 11k, contractor vanished, they sued, sheriff couldn't serve them because they couldn't find them.From their perspective - they received their money, and if they are "storm chasers" East TN and NC have unlimited work right now.

Haven’t done it, but it seems to be kind of be a middle ground between returns and risk tolerance. 

A duplex in the $100-200k range with a target CoC return of 8-12% is definitely within reach, especially in some of the emerging neighborhoods.In terms of areas, you might want to explore neighborhoods like Bagley, East English Village, and parts of Grandmont-Rosedale.

Another, scarier story I have is from when my business partner at the time and I were touring a house that'd been vacant and on the market for a few years, deep in the back woods of Vershire VT, real middle of nowhere town that has fewer residents now than way back in the 18th century.

most insurance carriers are middle men who broker a connection to a construction policy carrier and add 10% on top for themselves. the key is to find an insurance broker that the construction policy company pays to derive business for them so you get your policy at cost and will help shop with multiple providers to get you the most competitive terms 

If you want something more affordable but still solid areas I would consider - Upper NE Philly, Roxborough/manayunk, and West and part of East mount airy.