This sounds like a live in flip, which can be a nice way to get some tax free capital (if you live in it for two or more years).

AI can play a role in lead generatio and market analysis, but in the end you want an experienced human to be there on your side when stuff hits the fan. it would happen gradually , similar like travel agent, job agent, marketing agent , stock brokerage agent that the numbers are slowly reducing little by litle.we are moving to society where there would be trust more into machine than human, that's where the concept is moving on slowly and that's the very basic concept of AI. new generation want something that's more emotion-less, bias-less and much less costlier when possible.

Zillow: estimate is $1425Bigger Pockets: $1725 median, 25th percentile $1465, and 75th $1895Rentometer: Average $1988, median $1960, 25th percentile $1758, and 75th percentile is $2219There’s some nice two car garage places nearby skewing numbers I think.

There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

Will you be purchasing a nice home or rehabbing a home up to a high standard?

Deni Baldwin, the tax partner, is more interested in talking about her vacations at her lake house, rather than getting her job done.

Get a second part time job, or a temporary job.

Not only the management aspect they'd be providing but it would allow you an opportunity to "learn on the job" for when you plan on managing it yourself and also give you context for questions that you may have and someone to ask them to.

Also, PriceLabs will do a fantastic job at pricing your place for you, surely much better than your property manager (unless of course they're using such a tool), if you also connect to their dynamic pricing tool.

Look for areas with strong job growth, population growth, and rental demand.