I feel like the state of Iowa is tenant friendly state and you better be really promoting that vacancy.... you are 100% right it's hard to rent in Iowa in the winter.

Texas is very business friendly state and now diversified with so many industries... even oil crash did not impact in last few years.I am surprised to see Brooklyn and Boston in this list...

I don't like mixing business with family/friends.

How to find investors other than friends and family?

By the time we hit 14 doors, it also hit me that many of my friends had retired themselves through multi family investing. 

Don't purchase investment property in a heavily regulated, tenant-friendly leftist state like the People's Republik of Kalifornia.2.

New tenant moved in Sept 1st into back lower unit.A friend on behalf of him is using his cell via text to contact me.

I also don't know if you can even use real estate loses to deduct from W-2 income? 

Also, the association controls finances, insurance and many other things, a friend of mine has a condo in a unit mainly controlled by Canadians that are seasonal, in their infinite wisdom they decided to not maintain flood insurance for the development (they are in a flood zone)  now the units are unfinanceable , so the values are lower because only cash buyers can buy in the building.

Investor friendly Real Estate agent needing a new website with MLS IDX.