Here is one piece that is extremely important:If you have a low credit score, you need to find out why.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

However, since the prices of real estate are extremely high, I would try to look just outside the city. 

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Now granted this is rare to the extreme but if your the one losing out its painful.

As long as you make your payments this sounds extremely unlikely from what people have said.

She's one of my extreme examples, but this is a common story.

I don’t know why we didn’t get that vital piece of info in our initial meeting.So my wife and I are extremely relieved .She says she will stay on as a courtesy and if things come up it will just be an “ hourly “ rate for emergency type situations or basic boots on the ground necessities.We really like her enthusiasm and positivity and she is great at communicating and seems  sincerely empathetic to our situation.

So everything has to be as extreme as possible.

Car washes are extremely profitable, too.