@Peter C.This is one of the main reasons why HOA and by-laws exist. 

But for me, my main concern's are 1 they don't trash the place and 2, they pay on time.   

March tends to be dead in this area, though we do get snowmobilers in January and February.Are there any owners out there from Maine who have done some of these 1+ month rentals?

My funds are limited and I really dont want to open up 10-20 LLCs under my main wyoming llc in each state I do business in.

Main reason being, is that the city (The city is Baltimore and anyone who has done business with the city there knows what I mean) took forever to approve permits and tax credit (CHAP) for historic presevation. 

I am considering a buy and hold strategy mainly for passive income which may be a viable option in Killeen.

Also, for C- areas you should be getting 1.5%+. 1% does not build in enough reward for the risk and hassles you'll encounter with tenants and property maintenance (they're mainly all older homes with varying degrees of deferred maintenance).

Ive been looking primarily in the midwest, mainly cleveland, cincinatti, st lois, memphis, and indaniapolis.

My main question is, can a property be bought before auction if there is a notice of sale posted?

I started out by renting my previous residence and it worked out well mainly because I had built up significant equity before I did it and rates were near 4.0% for primary residences at the time in 2013.