With the numerous unique industry features MN has, it will continue to out perform many if not most markets during stagflation or recession cycles. 

Then again I will be moving overseas for work in a few months time so rehabbing wihout physically being here especially since this is brand  new for me does not seem practical.That is why I am looking for some quality turnkey companies that I can work with to get my foot wet now with out of state investing so that even while I am away I can continue investing and building my rental portfolio. 

We wanted an affordable fix and flip deal to get our feet wet.

.  :(  He suspects electrical issues from wet golf carts under the houses but that is not confirmed.

It gets your feet wet in the business and puts you in a very strong financial position (i.e. making it easier to get deal #2).I would read The One Thing if you haven't already.

I've been reading numerous books on the topic as well so that I'm not a total newbie, although I'm as close to it as they come. 

There are numerous examples of types of letters to send on some of the BP’s podcasts, Or just look up yellow letters.

It was detailed numerous times in the deal, as the deal would not have been attractive without renovation and getting market rents for the units.

Doing online Zooms is a great option to get your feet wet while also listening to the podcasts with young investors talking about how they got started.

The 2% inflation indicator is measured via the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is controversial (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/consumerpriceindex.aspthere are many articles on this, but here’s a start) because this tool is believed to do a poor job capturing true inflation numbers and has been “adjusted” by the government numerous times over the past decades because they felt it overestimated inflation despite many other inflationary measurement tools indicating just the opposite, that is grossly underestimates inflation.