I guess be happy it’s only a couple months and a cheap lesson learned?

And for reference my sister is dealing with a run down house in Louisiana that has a value of about $95,000 and she shopped multiple policies with multiple insurance companies and the best rate she could get was $2500.

Stick to the middle of the road areas where in price and area and you will find a deal and the residents looking to rent that home!

For small MFH/SFH you have to find the deal, inspect, estimates and decide what to do, make a deal, get financing, get contractors, manage contractors, pay contractors, then turn it over to a property manager.

The East Coast has a number of markets that have cash-flowing deals these days.

But like all things real estate, one Dollar General may be worth it all day long, while another may not even be worth being given for free.Given we are talking about the dollar store concept, any macro economic issues will apply universally.If you are talking about Dollar General, specifically, and all are corporate guaranteed, tenant quality is equal across all possible properties.So then you get into market analysis, store sales, lease terms, structure condition of property, specific location (mid-block with no left turn vs hard corner at signalized light), traffic patterns, re-tenanting ability and demand, current rent to market rent delta, etc.All deals are unique, but I would not go in with an assumption that all Dollar General's appreciate. 

Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

If you are new to Real Estate in any way, partner with a good agent and have them help you with your first deal.

For your first deal I would suggest a cosmetic rehab to mitigate your risk.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?