I have 10 commercial properties with an outstanding loan total of 5.2 Million.

@Shivam Patel here's an easy solution to all your questions...make friends with a quality lender.

I would not pour time and energy into someone of lesser quality, particularly when you are just starting out.

Quality of life is high, but overall cost of living is comparatively low when viewed from, say, a Californian's perspective.

That will always point you in the right direction and get you better quality tenants and possibly, free referrals from those tenants, once your place becomes vacant, eventually. 

In my experience flippers make the quality of a city improve, but like @Greg H. said, there is the "you aren't from around here" factor at play.

I'd be lying if I said I never used an unlicensed roofer but as a licensed builder myself I can pull permits and check the quality of work, both on jobs before ours and on ours. 

I am still getting plenty of interest, but the tenant quality feels less desirable in general than last year.

If the Borrower moves back to the original area, the Borrower is not required to live in the original house and may obtain a new FHA-insured Mortgage on a new Principal Residence, provided the relocation meets the two requirements above.A Borrower may be eligible for another house with an FHA-insured Mortgage if the Borrower provides satisfactory evidence that:• the Borrower has had an increase in legal dependents and the Property now fails to meet family needs; and• the Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio on the current Principal Residence is equal to or less than 75% or is paid down to that amount, based on the outstanding Mortgage balance and a current residential appraisal.

Sending a higher quality mail piece that is interesting to the prospect is the best way to get conversions in a hot market.