I put down 10% and mortgaged the rest over 15 years at 2.875%. 

But please rest assured.

Four of my properties are with a management company and the rest i handle from here. 

The southeast is behind the rest of the country in the TOH model, but I believe we're moving that way eventually.

We tried Facebook and Instagram advertsing, posting on forums, craiglists, etc. and had only 2 bookings through our own site and the rest through VRBO. 

Fall is officially here, but there does not appear to be any end in sight to the blazing hot real estate market.

Disregard the 1%, 2% rule and rest of the percentages.  

In Chicago management cost get higher the rougher the area and in nice areas it can be very low compared to the rest of US prices. 

I would like to see what has worked best for the rest of all of you.Thank you in advance :)

One thing you should know, Baltimore is a very hot market for investors especially last 3-4 years.Price point might be low, but there are ton of investors in 50K-120K price points, so the house you will be making an offer, or will be trying to low ball, you will have another 6-7 investors on it.Out of your list of areas, Highland Town, Pigtown, may be bayview would have 100K houses, rest is already passed that point.Hampden is the new Canton canton :D))so you need to spend time in Baltimore, and learn pocket blocks otherwise it would not be as easy as you think.