There are also several scratch and dent stores in town.

Also, during rehab, most of the big box hardware stores are a commute (30+ minutes) into Merrillville.

Any tips or advice on how to best deal with this?

Thanks for the tips guys.

When you post online, show lots of pictures to stand out.

If you are going to invest out of state for your first deal, you might as well invest in sure stock tips.  

While there is some variability by region, Kijiji.ca is by far the most popular on-line listing site.

After a quick conversation with the store sales associate, we realize just how simple the installation would have been had we done it ourselves.

But 90%+ of the inventory sold by TK providers are not very good.One of the BIGGEST drawbacks is the terrible cash flow from very poor property management that many of these turnkey providers give (and probably make a  big chunk of their profit by providing property management)So if you are new and need to start, go buy from a TK provider so you can get your feet wet.But here are some tips#1 Spend a few months looking at their inventory.  

Thanks for the tip!