Since there are many experienced investor (hopefully with knowledge of this area), I would like to ask for any advice on locations, things that you wish you would have known, or any suggestions in general are greatly appreciated.

Because of the differences in zoning across your property this may be quite a bit of work especially out of the cities where it is located.  

When looking at a house how do you identify weather something is a deal or not, is it location , price , condition.

Hey @David Martin Jr I saw your other post about that location.

Hi Al, I have been going through the CHA website trying to locate their rent schedules (what they pay for a 1,2, or 3 bedroom) with no luck.

Anyone with experience renting out space to billboard companies?My family owns a nice lot, about 1 acre, along the major highway in my area (Southeast Iowa).In the future, I plan to split the lot and build two new hom...

I don't know where you're located  but many towns  here in Massachusetts can have a mixture of all of these..  

It has to be stored there for 12 months I believe and you must provide them with the location.

At minimum location.

There are many parts of Kenosha where you can go from excellent location to horrible location within a two block radius so just be careful.