I have 12-doors there myself and am extremely active there with other investors.Let me know how I can help!

Obviously the homes I am looking at will be in potentially run down/less than desireable areas... the key for me is to not be in the "go in that area and you get killed for being there" areas. 

I learned about curb appear when flipping...Front door, mailbox, address plate, simple clean landscaping...a cheap investment to get a good return.

He recommended Ohio Cashflow as a business who had a 100% positive review status, and which was run by a fellow Aussie.

Another question, What's the best way to screen and run a background check on them?

As suggested you can also knock on doors located next to properties that look like they meet your criteria for buying.

This is the same things as bandit signs, or any other form of marketing that doesn't require you to go and cold call or knock on doors or run ads/PPC.

Now as I analyze investments I’m taking the standard rule of thought that $200-300 per door in cash flow is good and looking at a more full picture.

Thanks It depends on the details but you might very well run into "seasoning" issues trying to pull out more cash then you just purchased the property for. 

She forced me to find better ways to run our rental business so this didn't happen again.Many of you have naive advice because you haven't experienced any real hardships yet.