My father owns 3 town house units in Hazel Crest, IL and he has had pretty bad tenants and he constantly is fixing something they broke by himself.

Temperature is cooler in the summer than sw FL.Fort Myers / Naples is less expensive, more retirees, small town vibe, hot and humid in the summer.Both areas are great for vacation rentals.

I'm a real estate investor in Hudson County, NJ (as difficult as that may be right now) and am starting to look at properties in towns that I'm less familiar with in order to find cash-flowing deals.

It' s located centrally in town near the school and church. 

What part of town are you in?

Rebecca, I just went through a fairly similar process here in Memphis and I've been learning a little about the bankruptcy court here in town.

If you can narrow your area of interest down to a few counties or towns and then just certain size or condition properties you might find it's not a large amount if you wanted to directly target them, be it through mailers, door knocking etc.

It's of course Cleveland specific but should have a ton of similarities to other rust belt "turnkey" towns.

Given the location of the property and the town, it's a great property for tenants with young families. 

I live, born and raised; in a small town of 10,000 people in Kansas.