I currently live in San Diego, Ca. but have been looking in the midwest, mainly Iowa, Indiana and Ohio, for properties. 

Mainly because if I used that metric alone I would not have done my last 10 successful flips. 

I could easily train virtual assistants to handle these payments and have an app created for encrypting sensitive data for facilitating the transactions through financial service partners from my main line of business.

But it’s clear you’re a smart investor who knows the long-term benefits real estate can bring.I keep reminding myself why I stick with real estate: you can make money every month in four different ways:Cash Flow – Passive income to live on.Appreciation – Long-term property value growth.Depreciation – Tax benefits that reduce your taxable income.Tenants Paying Down the Mortgage – Even if you’re paid off now, this is one of the biggest wealth-building tools for leveraged properties.It sounds like your main struggle is the stress of active management—and trust me, you’re not alone.

There are two main factors that you can use to track gentrification, so why can't they be used to track the reverse?

I mainly use FCI and Madison for the majority of my notes.

You should have two main lessons learned from all this.First: Tenant screening.

When all the dust settles, and the  person searching is tired and discouraged and gives up, Jerry may not have bought  a single lot, but he's made some money from the training he sold you, which was his main goal from the beginning!

I just had a lot of people that have asked me in the past to partner up with them on a deal, but because I was already working so much with my main partner on all of our properties, I just coached them instead and helped them find their own deals.

The main criteria is consistency with adopted plans.