@Eric Fernwood  I bought in Summerlin and will spend 6 months and a day in NV even though Orygun does not have sales tax .. it has a metro tax and super high state tax.. and well you know it rains a tad and is grey a bunch … so to me its a perfect snow bird situation.. not as warm as La quinta or PHX area in winter but just fine for me.. our area of PDX is much like vegas in the lack of lands unlike federal lands we are surround by RURAL reserves and very restrictive rural zoning that if your in high value farm land it takes 160 acres for one home. or in timber lands same thing.. this keeps sprawl and over building in check.. and the other market that I work Charleston SC ( duck don't want to get hit by a limb this weekend) but same thing great economy and its a peninsula on 3 sides limited land.. keeps prices very nice.. for us guys building infill. 

We don't want to be cheap landlords or anything (the house is in perfect condition on the inside), but I also don't want to be bullied into giving them something I'm not required to.

Before purchasing my first property, I read books and analyzed deals for over a year waiting for the perfect property to come along. 

Obviously things can vary by state, but this is perfectly legal in my states of business.

The seller is located in eastern Massachusetts and the entry only company is located 1,500 miles away in Florida.But aside of all that, the entry only listing was *perfect*!

Near freeway but seller wasn't looking for a large profit off of the sale, so the numbers worked perfectly.

Some of these markets mesh perfectly with your vision and how you invest.

And things weren't always perfect -- things that you'd expect to happen in normal course of business, happened, for instance the initial deal fell through but then another option came up after that.

@Jalen Henningsen  The best thing to do is to use more than one source (i.e. property management company, websites like Zillow, Rentometer, etc) because there isn't one source that by itself is perfect. 

@Corby Goade okay perfect i understand that now and I’m glad I was thinking along the same lines.