green, smart, economically over the long term (does have a higher initial cost). good luck

I put the green plastic bag in the drain. 

@ David Green. 

The picture of the sod from the tenant looked OK, but not great, and certainly didn't have that deep green new sod look. 

For example, here's a map showing the current median income and five-year income growth in the beach cities:The colors represent current median income, and the size of the arrows represents median income growth over the last five years.You'll notice that the beach cities are very green (ie, wealthy) and have large arrows.

Take the time now to do it right (a la David Green's book on Long Distance Real Estate Investing) and avoid the pitfalls that Turnkey companies are fraught with. 

@Adrienne Green which areas did you expand to?

I think @Adrienne Green makes a good point. 

Hi @Adrienne Green, we bought a small single-family this summer in the Triad area, outside of Winston-Salem.

Rich dad poor dad is an obvious one, Emerging real esate markets by David Lindahl, ABC's of real estate investing, 10X Rule.I would also put your focus on business books: Good to great, the E Myth, Mastery (or anything else by Robert Greene), how to win friends and influence people, and many others!