What are some states (and specific areas in those states) that are worthwhile to research and consider purchasing properties?

I always hire the specific contractors I need for each task.

Instead, appraisal costs may be deductible as a current expense if they are incurred for the purpose of determining the property's fair market value for a specific business purpose, such as refinancing or appealing property tax assessments.

I only want to focus on buy and hold investing in long-term rentals, specifically SFH and MFH.

However you need to remember if it takes 2 years to foreclose you will have about $3,000 in legal fees and 2 years worth of new taxes and water bills, and potentially fines, that you will have to catch up also.

You will need to furnish them and check with local regulations to see if this is legal but if you can you will make a lot more money this way. 3.

If you have properties, a great way to promote them is with Facebook Lead Form Ads, advertise the specific property (or better yet, a list of properties) and it will attract buyers.

For this specific property, my current assessment is that while there is definitely improvements that can be made to the landscaping, for the neighborhood it doesn't make much sense to invest in it.Curious what others have experienced when it comes to attracting tenants in relation to investing in landscaping for LT rental properties.

What would matter is that you specifically did NOT have the local authority approve it. 

You probably cannot legally build a taller fence so a trellis or similar is your best bet.