Either of these options wouldn’t involve moving plumbing around so would hopefully be pretty affordable! 

I actually had never heard of propelio but it seems like a pretty powerful tool

My lender is a wholesale lender and is pretty savvy with creative financing.

I get a pretty good idea of how extended they are and their payment history.

Rents will probably go up slightly over time but your mortgage payment will stay pretty much the same.

As I understand these are pretty hands off real estate deals, which is nice for convenience but i'm really scratching my head thinking that a 8-13% return is worth the risk, especially considering what US equities have done over the last several years.

You're question is pretty broad.

Not sure about Tampa, but pretty sure Chicago and Austin are seeing some high prices... and Chicago is going crazy with taxes and such if I remember right.

Woman... for 1000 a month I could get a sweet little DMM campaign going which pretty much will give you much better chance to actually make money!

I drove to the property today and the houses in the area were pretty nice, which gives me more confidence in the town in that it does not appear to be dying.