There is a $2500 limit ...you’re Referring to the 2016 de minimis safe harbor election taxpayers can take for the improvement of existing property that otherwise must be depreciated?

You'll get a greater ROI if you are hands on but it will also take up more of your time: visits to your investment area, finding reliable "boots on the ground", managing the process from afar...Personally I'd be looking at the full turn-key experience where you pay a bit more for the property but it is ready to go and you can enjoy getting the return on your investment.

@Ivory Hayes and @Ali BooneAre there any cities/towns that you’d suggest I visit? 

You must be one of those folks that are flipping my ENTIRE neighborhood.

It must be the community state of Texas and the SSA can consider my wife's salary and that was why I was turned down for any benefits from them because they said my wife makes too much money. 

Do you visit the house with a contractor?

Paid cash, house was occupied and to make a long story short, After one whole year and many court visits we finally agreed on them moving out by mid August. 

I don't know that area, but I have a friend who lives there and could drive there to visit and look for cash flow properties.

But I must say, most title companies do "frown" upon these transactions.

For a vote to be valid, the owner must have their account in good standing with no balance.