Hey Donna,Verify bed/bath count and square footage with the other rental listings that appear, but the median rent should provide a rough estimate of rent per unit.

Provide criteria to any applicants.

Your offer to purchase should include a requirement that the Seller provide all documentation and agree to sign an estoppel certificate (also called an estoppel form or agreement).

You can also find the link I provided by hovering over the "Tools" tab and clicking "landlord resources" under services.I would recommend doing some research on what company best fits your screening needs. 

If it really does work like they say it's a good deal if you have the stomach for remote-renovating, I don't know their markets well enough so I'm not educated enough to say.I'm going to do a little more research on providing loans, I don't think that it's for me at this point but I've never looked into it much.

Each of these markets provide healthy appreciation and cash flow, TX will be more challenging to cash flow bc of the taxes but there's much more appreciation there. 

I also would like a service loan provider or some type of assistance to walk me through the first process, to understand the business and become more comfortable as I continue my note investing.

I also provide a move in sheet the tenant fills out if there are any defects in the house.  

VA assistants has dramatically reduced our work in the business and provided 24/7 monitoring for a fraction of the cost of local property management. 

Quote from @Balaji Varadharajan: I provide move-out instructions that spell out my expectations, including a small table of wear-and-tear items.