Of course, you need to read The Ultimate Beginners Guide to REI here on BPIf you haven’t already, please read/listen to these books ASAP!

There are lots of great amenities like the Zoo, Botanical Gardens - many of which include free admission for residents because of historic endowments, Forest Park is larger than Central Park, and there are so many other beautiful historic parks (Tower Grove Park, Benton Park, Lafayette Park) and a variety of unique neighborhoods that offer different lifestyle and investment choices.  

I want to get both tenants out as fast as possible because i plan on living in the top unit and remodeling the bottom unit a bit as well as getting a tenant of my choice in there.

There's no question that investing outside of your home state has more challenges but they can be overcome and sometimes you don't have any choice if your goal is cash flow and you live in a high cost market.

You can start with the course on the Ultimate Beginner's Guide.

You choices are for you and 'ma to make.Once a new furnace is install - - you're done, it goes with the house. 

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide is now a course that you can now watch.

I'm anticipating that the first deal will have the greatest learning curve, but ultimately my goal is to develop relationships with contractors and come up with a process to make flipping as efficient as possible.  

Success is a process, failure is a choice

Ultimately I would love to learn more about passive income properties.