It depends on where you are geographically and what your bet is.

Many of the cities on your list are in the Southeast, which is perfect if you want to bet on appreciation but not that great if you want a steady cash flow, if your goal is to generate some passive income target the midwest, and stick to solid suburban B areas, don't make the same mistake as many other OOS investors did chasing high double-digit returns in C-D areas, these returns only exist on paper. 

I’d love call any time.

I bet you could find something nice to househack and then pay yourself rent for a change. 

Hang tough....I've been through similar to you and I bet a lot on here have as well.....

Hope this helps a bit - please, feel free to reach out anytime if you have other questions or just want to chat!

I'll bet @paulsandhu will have a take, but I was just thinking back as I was answering another post and had to chuckle....So what are some oddities you've seen in houses that you've bought to flip or rent?

Thank you for sharing your story and wishing you the bets of luck. 

@Caleb Stevens unless you need some serious deep cleaning on really expensive carpets then your best bet is to rent one at home depot for a fraction of the price.

I don't expect to retire off of our cashflow anytime soon, but it would be nice to reduce my retirement number by whatever my properties are bringing in.