We are in Pleasant Garden, close to Greensboro.  

You can find all the contractors you need -- just go to Lows or Home Depot 5:30 in the morning and talk to the folks buying material for their next job - negotiate Charles 

You should be able to get $2,500 / mo. in rents or more just depending on the units amenities and sizes.I have been battling rats at my house since I moved in a year ago and I just buy the TomKat bait boxes at Home Depot.

I had to add some sweat equity to make this work, so I got real familiar with the classes at Home Depot.  

Home Depot has tons unders $3/sqft, and some under $1/sqft.

The neighbrhood is a historically Italian community of SFH, and without being overly stereotypical, the lawns are all mowed, there are gardens and window boxes and American flags on every little house - pride of ownership.

Some areas you can concentrate your efforts in are 1) Ruskin - New amazon warehouse employing several hundreds of people here2) Lithia / Fishhawk area - Great schools but beware of high CDD + HOA + Property taxes that'll eat into your COC return3) Winter Garden - Booming market in orange county, has a new hospital and several new business coming up.  

Got the termite treatment done with some help, carpets removed, bathroom demoed, measured for windows and doors, working on putting a complete bid package together for Home Depot (If you spend more than $1500, you can request them to give you a bid price which is usually a bit cheaper). 

Some of the best contractors I've found have been at Home Depot and Lowes.

If you buy them at Home Depot, you'll pay $5/ea not including the H-Stake.2.