It's Arkansas so it's non-union and I can always find crews but I want to do it right. 

It should help with whatever non-commuter business you can generate though.I'd hire a real marketing pro well before you launch, while you can still tweak strategy and messaging.One other note on your employees. 

Are you intending on purchasing a duplex/quad (tri-plexes are literally non-existent here in DFW) and residing in it?

Look for higher rent rents via non-traditional/modern rentals:- AIrbnb/STR-Leasing fully furnished-Rent by the room/Student hosuing-Assistance living, etc.

Hi all,I'm a non-resident investor and will shortly be buying my first properties in the US (NC in particular).

If you are talking auction properties, or bank-owned or short sale properties, often times there will be additional restrictions on the purchase, such as a 30 day period before you can re-sell, non-assignment, or non-redemption (selling/renting the property back to the original distressed homeowner).  

The answers you get will be divided mostly by the Agents and the non-Agents that will have the different answers. 

So, here is the interesting thing: A Realtor cannot pay a referral to a non-licensed person if the Realtor represented one of the parties in the sale as a Realtor (i.e. listed the property, seller or buyer is a client etc.).

@Tyler Hogan,You can do cash-our refinance on a property owned by Solo 401k, the loan must be non-recourse.

(A non-attorney real estate agent would be risking liability for unlicensed practice of law if they do more than fill the form.)