Drive around neighborhoods looking for tired homes and then look up the owner (county websites usually have this info) to see if s/he is a landlord.  

Investor you want to be meaning Passive or not, self-managing or hiring a management company, A, B C neighborhood etc The fact that everyone is telling you to do it if you can is easy when it isn't their money.  

I found a property in great neighborhood in my town that I am considering.

The neighborhood seems like a C/C- area to me. 

Seems like a basic right to have privacy, especially in a C neighborhood.

When I first got started, I went driving through the neighborhoods I wanted to sell in and figured out what brokerages were most dominant in those areas.  

My experience has been that it’s usually better to pay a bit more for a B neighborhood and the cash flow usually ends up being better with far less headaches.

For a smaller complex not financed through agency debt, you have more freedom to fund upgrades organically through cash flow; i.e, pay as you go.  

My property manager calls me on Monday morning to let me know that one of my rentals was being condemned by neighborhood code. 

I have found a property for $295k in a nice neighborhood with an ARV of $385k the seller acquired through adverse possession.