We've had tenants who refused to pay and forced our hand for eviction, but we've also had tenants with us almost from the very beginning who make virtually no peep aside from a Christmas card every year.Essentially I'm trying to learn more about whether my inexperienced gut feeling is pulling me in the wrong direction, after seeing a couple of horror stories from some tenants at properties with less, ah, TLC.

Hope this is beneficial for you. https://thevirtualinvestor.co/virtual-wholesaling-in-new-markets/

What a small world I Moved to Charlotte from Seattle last year haha I have a few bookkeeping firms I can recommend - neither are local both are virtual but they specialize and work excluisvely with REI. 

BUT it was the perfect building lot, flat, no low spots so virtually no expensive site prep required.

Plus you can always connect with the investors virtually.

Once the money is placed my passive investments take virtually none of my time. 

End of May was suggestedConsider month-to-month rents for some tenantsTwin Cities is a strong market, virtually no vacanciesWhen screening a tenant, talk to 2 landlords agoGet cashier's check for 1st month’s rent and 1 month for depositDon’t give their deposit back until the very last day of the month, or after I’ve inspected after move-outSet up EFT - Cosi?

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He did not mention any of the other requirements that my guess is you(or virtually anyone else) did not meet. 

In addition, they would have outstanding market appreciation of the SFH.The higher rent appreciation market will always eventually have better cash flow than a lower appreciating market as long as the higher appreciation market Rent appreciation is greater than the expense increase which is virtually certain in San Diego with property tax being basically a fixed price and most mortgages being fixed rate.