Growing area, more jobs, growing community, a few colleges, and good sports teams.

Personally, I am a huge sports fan and poker player.

You hear economic drivers like new sports complex in Rantoul, casino coming to Danville, etc.

College Sports are amazing.  

(I like MFR)-It's got some great stuff going for it - one of the best medical facilities in THE WORLD, two of the best sports teams in the country (Cavs and Indians), rock and roll hall of fame, several fortune 500 HQ's, a flourishing arts/culture/music scene, and the infrastructure of what was once one of the richest cities in the world. 

He also recommended Nexia to manage all the smart devices, but I'd also look into Homebase.ai, which offers resident communication, payments, maintenance management and smart device control through their property management web platform and ios/android resident apps for 7$ per month per unit.

Avoid filling the kitchen with complicated devices like a simple coffee pot instead of a fancy espresso machine, a hand blender instead of a Tilt-head mixer with six attachments, or a  Crock-Pot instead of an Instapot that can be complicated or dangerous.As for sleeping arrangements, I recommend an "ideal" number of guests and a maximum.

You must do this for yourself.Although others can be a source of information and "on your team" real estate investing is a solo sport. 

It allows you to sign documents from a mobile device/computer and then send the same documents to someone such as your husband, who isn't in the same location as you, so that he could sign the documents via email and then send them back to you or your closing attorney for processing. 

It's free and gives you a lot of flexibility, stores your list in the cloud and is accessible from all your devices.