Time and expense to foreclose in CT, Contract for deed or regular mortgage.

These parameters will help decide what kind of yields you are searching for, which you can use to filter down your list of macro markets.Then I would start by looking at the macro market's fundamentals, that is the population, job and income growth over time.After that, I would look to see what the rents and home prices are and how those are trending as well.I would do a similar analysis, but at the sub-market level for the metro area you are considering investing in.Other metrics that I find valuable to understand are household income, poverty, unemployment, and educational attainment.

While certainly achievable, there are complex rules that have to be strategically navigated to achieve that result - often attainable, but not always. 

The last one though is regular market rent and just informed me today that his hours are being cut.

Most of your list is covered in the data I am regularly collecting.

I just did a 30 year regular for %3.35.

I would still let them know if I was coming over or just have a standing day or something like once a week for regular things like mowing the lawn. 

They can only call the note if you default.What about regular but smaller banks?

@Christian BowenIf you’re looking out of state, start with places that you have friends or family or would otherwise want to take semi-regular trips to.

A good goal has to be SMART (specific, measureable, attainable, relevant and time-bound).