Hi Nahon, I personally love Columbus Ohio and as someone who works with a lot of out of state investors - there's so many catalysts for why you should invest here.

Bidding is at in person auctions at the county courthouse. 

We need to move for personal reason and are trying to avoid selling and loosing the low rate as well as the cash flow.

Quote from @Najeh Davenport: is there anyway to find out the inspection requirement for section 8 in montgomery, al  There is a form on HUD website that I used as reference https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/OCHCO/documents/52580.PDF

How would you fund this if you are working with less than 20k personal funds.

In many parts of the country a two unit building containing an upper unit and a lower unit is referred to as a flat.

Personally, I started in a market close to me as I wanted to do rentals so until I got my process down, I didn't want to venture too far from home.

Even my local to me clients - 95% of them we never meet in person each year.  

LLC, S-Corp, etc) that files a tax return or do you own it in your personal name and report rental income on IRS Schedule E? 

@Christopher TeagueRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.