You can talk about your past experience, track record, team (experience/track record) and how you plan on sourcing past deals (and how you've performed on past deals) - BUT - I would tread cautiously.Your best bet would be to partner with a more experienced person whom you can leverage.  

I mean just look at the Morris invest threads and the carnage one slick guy did.. and I bet not one person checked this guy out past watching his pod casts.

@KJ Milleri would also bet that the house not rent for 900 per month in Ruskin heights.

Helens an eight plex.. the OP can schedule a time to go to the factory i bet. 

Your best bet would be working with a native to find out the specifics on the exact street you choose.

You may still have some old fashioned pay by check people, but I bet they will be in the minority.

Or, and this may be the better bet for you, I often find and can help connect you with a seller of a fourplex or other income property that would do owner financing for 3 or 5 years so you have time to get out of the money-pit and see positive cash flow.

You can bet the provisions in his lease come from years of experience litigating eviction cases.

I bet you learned more on this one than you imagined :). 

Jersey might be a better bet, though I have no experience there.If your budget is $1MM, I'm assuming you have around 250K in capital to work with?