If you want strong appreciation mixed with cash flow then Columbus is better suited.

Those pictures need to be instagram/pinterest worthy but you can do this on your own.

more velocity of money the faster your wealth can build. try and find a balance of long term buy and holds for passive income down the road but you can also use real estatse as a tool to make more money ie flipping wholesaling or brrr as described above  to make more money to buy more buy and hold. check out@thachnguyen on instagram that guy kills doing that buy haveing very specific criteria to what do do with a property. 

Consider other markets where opportunities are more plentiful or better suit your goals.One good deal is better than 50 bad ones.

Your tenant can still break the lease whenever it suits her. 

Start reaching out and making some phone calls (If not phone calls since your abroad but it could FB messages, instagram DM's etc) 2.Narrow down what you want to match these criteria.

[Firefighters in hazmat suits checking out the excavation after the gas line was struck]Property Management.

I think you'd be better suited to ask one question at a time on the correct forum. 

Yes, if it's a SFH with a mother-in-law suite or carriage house or something, then you can rent one of the other units.

@Kyle Robarts -- a distressed property would be best suited for a hard money / bridge loan.