Hey David, with 50k I would say Greater Cincinnati is a great place to start. 20% for a 180-200k, then closing costs, and emergency funds.

I have one cell phone but a few different numbers.Realty office number, property management office, after hours emergency line.

Do you have an "emergency contact" for the tenant?

I longed for a business with timeless demand, and real estate emerged as the best choice.Real estate fulfills our basic need for shelter and provides a haven for our cherished possessions.

Basically you need to take stock in everything you have as normal expenses, as well as a healthy emergency fund, before you know you can leave the 9-5 behind.As such, this is a very personal decision and a personal number. 

I pulled data from the Census Bureau, the BLS, Zillow, and City-Data, along with referencing the following six reports: - Marcus & Millichap Annual US Multifamily Investment Forecast- CBRE Biannual Cap Rate Survey- Integra Realty Resources (IRR) Annual Viewpoint Commercial Real Estate Trends Report- Zillow Annual Consumer House Trends Reports- RCLCO Quarterly State of the Real Estate Market- PWC Annual Emerging Trends in Real EstateI then used primarily the market filtering criteria suggested by Joe Fairless (Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book) and David Lindahl (Emerging Real Estate Markets).I'm just worried that this is the same data being used by every other investor, potentially causing excessive competition.

My mother-in-law is our in person property manager for if something goes wrong, emergency guest communication, receive packages and mail, etc.Thanks in advance advice!

Those landlords may not charge late fees or attorney fees to tenants while the COVID-19 emergency exists and may not file to evict for non-payment.

If you do not have a key you can  tell them on such and such a date you are having all the locks changed and will provide them with a new key.If it is an emergency type repair, say the sink is leaking into the apartment below you can go to the court for the TRO to force access, even with COVID, which hopefully will be over this weekend.It is not up to tenant to decide what to pay for rent, you do.

Emergency (Additional living expense stipends or ALE)9.