Are you managing the property or do you have PM taking care of the property for you?

The house was not well cared for.  

I strongly believe, you make it nice, you care about it, you make it beautiful--and as long as the market supports it (there's good travel trends, etc.) you will do better than 80% of them. 

I know it is tempting to assume that since i got citied my PM isn't taking care of the property but I use a 3rd party service to check my properties  randomly. 

@Greg H.I am not really arguing with you however it is stupid to try and say one are is better than the other.If someone doesn't care about golf, they could care less about you having the ability to golf every day of the year (except for when you said you are hiding inside when it gets to the 30s.... 

If they do have their contracts in order then you know they mean business and care about their work and reputation.I suggest either writing up a schedule to have your contractors follow or ask your general contractor for a schedule.

You want to be careful in "estimating what Section 8 will pay.

This is going to be a huge lifestyle change so I want to build trustworthy relationships and hit the ground running when I arrive.Take care!

I’ve Googled what each means and I understand, but can’t seem to apply these concepts to my analyses.

This wouldn't work in Allentown, but anything more than a few miles north of Rt. 22 would qualify. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-prog...I would be careful not to over-leverage yourself at this stage in the game.