Sixteen homes to inspect- roofs, hot water tanks, soft floors, siding damage, decks, porches, furnaces. 

The hot tub gets all the praise haha. 

Depending how much of the neighborhood is a hot zone for renting rather buying, and which Property type is performing better than the other (meaning 1bd 1ba 2 floor renting out faster and much more consistently than a 2bd 1ba 1 floor), you can make your choice of those factors as well as other ones that impact your decision for what you wanna do with your investment.

Let's clarify the air-conditioning equipment.

Indianapolis for example has been a Hot market for the last 3-4 years since COVID blew up home prices back in 2019. 

LTR and MID term are hot now as well, we have more people that want houses than houses to rent to them.  

The mayor has been hot on out of state investors and poor property managers since his campaign. 

Quote from @Johnny Lynum: Quote from @Billy Smith: I like SFH in the A-B area rent it you do the  upkeep  doing as much as possible your self to help max your rent out .I like to pay down the note as fast as possible .If in a C-D area I would flip the SFH wash your hands of it.SFH are generally easier to unload if you get in a cash crunch, I like staying in the first time home buyers level of a SFH  keeping it in a hot zone .If I were a BIG fish I would do deals at various level's of course after  doing the home work . 

Launch in S hemisphere where there is a fraction the air traffic of N. 

The cold air often runs out in the summer and the heat doesn't turn on in the winter.