While the "type" of neighborhood can sometimes make tenant approval criteria a little more flexible, we always try to avoid making desperate decisions that could lead to future evictions.The rise in evictions that you're seeing could be partly due to landlords lowering their standards to fill units quickly, which might lead to issues down the road with tenants who can't pay rent consistently or have a history of instability.

As you can see, Gastonia is consistently making the TOP ROI list, as well as Kannapolis!

Making Payments consistently and actually bumping payments up to over that actual payment amount.

Very rarely do single family homes cash flow, at least not on a consistent basis over an extended period of time regardless of what your spreadsheet may suggest.

I have found Memphis to be a little too pricey to consistently cash flow now though.

The model works, and it's all about consistency at the end.

For out-of-state networking, I'd focus on engaging regularly in BP forums (like you're doing now), joining virtual meetups in your target markets, and connecting with active BP members who consistently provide value here. 

That's pretty much the only way you can consistently get higher than market rent via S8.Also, don't make the mistake of assuming the S8 voucher amount is 100% for rent.

This team consists of an Investor Focused Agent, Lender, Contractor, and PM.Read this article on the "core 4".

I'm unsure of what their tool stack consists of but I would presume it to include data associated with an estimate regarding how frequently specific keywords are searched for on these platforms (and potentially broken down by market).