It's commonly one of the highest crime areas in the state.I'm a bit biased in my opinion, as my property management company manages in primarily Hartford County, but I'm a fan of the North Central CT market. 

I am from Atlanta and have worked this market for over a decade so I might be a little biased but I see investors do very well here.  

My insurance company (Allstate) sent out an adjuster who denied the claim -- he said there wasn't any damage.I decided not to put up a fight, and assumed that the damage wasn't that bad given that the adjuster said there wasn't any (and yes, I know the insurance company is going to be biased and wants to deny my claim, but I didn't feel like fighting it).Fast forward 18 months and I've been told by several other contractors and an inspector that my roof has hail damage.

I am biased because we own and operate 35 units in Everett but we started with just 4 back in 2013.

If you are looking for just local statistics, FCBR (Fort Collins Board of Realtors) has a monthly market summary that is pretty comprehensive and not at all biased like The Group Inc..

Find someone local to the state it is in.The talent is with the local lenders (I am of course biased), but our licensing is such that we can typically only lend in one state unless we do a significant portion of the licensing stuff all over again, pay an extra set of annual fees, take an extra set of continuing education courses, etc etc, and then I think you are even supposed to have an office in that state (on paper at least).The property needs to be in the same state as the local lender, you do not.

That gets rid of the issues you are worried about.On the self-serve sites, I'm biased because I'm a lawyer.

What if someone qualifies on paper but you still get an untrustworthy vibe from them because of something they said or did (I don't mean race, gender, etc.)?

It was such a big component that I thought the foundation triangle(knowledge, hustle and money) is missing a big component and that is how I  came up with the idea Foundation Diamond as mentioned in one of the slides, where Mindset is one precondition to the other ones.2) Question#3: Maybe because it is my main priority as well and I am biased toward it but a lot of them take this luxury of time and freedom to spend quality time with their family; That was one of the recurrent theme across the interviews.Also I find they are philanthropists and I think it is refreshing; Once you are not struggling for yourself and are not anymore in "survival mode" asking yourself how you are going to pay the kids' tuition or your mortgage, going full steam in the "rat race" everyday without getting the head up, that is when you start looking after others more; When I say others, I mean beyond the family and a lot of them were involved in the community; It was not forced, but natural to give back; I read that once you reach the summit, you need to throw back the rope for the other ones climbing" and I think it applied there; we see so many crazy things in this world, it is good to see there is still some good in us.3) Their story and Question#4: The other take away is that there is no magic recipe for success and behind every success story, there is some good things and some bad ones such as struggles, fear, desperation, doubt, failures and the reality is not just as rosy as we could imagine for people who are financially free; Most have reached it to a price that not everybody is willing to pay. 

You seem to have an apparently biased opinion but have failed to list one true and real reason as to why this would not be beneficial for an owner... you list many grievances and speculations... but nothing of substance and validity.