. - What driving factors should I take into account when l'm looking for an up n' coming hot markets?

It's unreasonable to expect the PM to drive 90 minutes to look at every job before sending a contractor.

In a dream world - the comprehensive solution does all this: *task management and sequencing where you can drop a property into a sequence ie day 1 call, day 2 mailer (have it automatically mail out something like a postcard) day 3 etc etc etc*project management outside of the outreach sequences for what's next in the process ie schedule inspection, send the contract, etc etc*ability to have multiple users drive around and if you see a property you can tag an address and add it into a marketing sequence, and also track the streets you've hit so you're not wasting time driving by the same houses more than once *dialer (ability to parallel dial numerous numbers simultaneously to make cold calling more efficient - Ive used tools like orum and kixie in other industries, and when you receive a pickup, the other calls are dropped) *skip tracing/data provider *website landing page for converting online visitors to leads*electronic signature/docusign*secondary branded landing site on different URL for blasts for deal disposition to your buyer listWhat am I missing? 

If you have an Iphone, you can create a separate folder for your photos which you can save your business receipts.An alternative option is using an online storage platform such as google drive, dropbox, etcBest of luck

Rates are high now, but if they go down, more buyers will enter the market and drive prices back up.

They did a 'drive by' appraisal, but I think that means they looked at comps in the area.

@Nichole Kinard there really aren't any mandatory requirements for campsites, although it seems like having some basics helps to drive traffic.  

For your next several deals stay within a 2, 3 hour drive.

In my head i picture a some empty room with a printer on the floor and stacks of paper everywhere, having to drive to the post office and handing them a list where they hand type every address one by one. 

I am striving to purchase rental/lease properties within a 1 hour drive.