If there is none in vicinity, then your home branch is best bet.

Markets you know are always a safe bet from a knowledge perspective.  

Your best bet is to go after homes that are owned by individuals versus the banks or corporate owned.

References from other investors who have used the turnkey is probably your best bet!  

I posted here about how my wife and I have been agonizing over buying a condo for ourselves in Southwest Fla for years: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/32...We are close to talking ourselves out of it, mainly because we won't be able to use it that much over the next 3-4 years because our daughter is still in high school, and then we have plans to travel more and more of the world (vs hanging out in our condo) as we feel safer leaving darling daughter to her own devices. 

If your neighbors work for nurseries, have yappy or mean dogs, erect two fences around their property, are livid when PGE goes in and places Smart meters on their electrical box, have motion detector lights on their house and locked access on all parameter gates you can bet its a grow house.  

Your best bet is to go to a Lifestyles Unlimited meet-up and talk to their vendor contractors.  

If they're not paying their taxes either, it's a good bet the financing is in default also, though this is not always the case.Really, anything on the foreclosure timeline up to about 60 days prior to the auction would be good, I think.

At first I was sure that investing in White Plains would be s sure fire bet, however after realizing that the city has one of the highest tax rates in the state, I am no longer 100% certain.

Your best bet is to google asbestos abatement contractors in your area and have a discussion with them.