At it's height, I gone to on site auctions, court house step auctions, as well as public auctions.

I googled reviews and came across this site and so glad that I did, thank you for all who shared their experience. 

There are tons of resources throughout the site that can help you.

@Ken NeusaengerYour strategy has several issues with respect to IRS guidelines.In exchange for tax-sheltered status in an IRA, the IRS rules prohibit any direct or indirect benefit, in either direction, between you and the IRA.Simply from the starting point of you buying a parcel personally and having the IRA buy the rest, you have introduced risk.Any services associated with the property must be performed by an unrelated 3rd party. 

I've had it listed for rent for a couple of days now on a few rental sites, social media, etc, but have yet to have anyone come and look at it or inquire about it.

Example:Land- .5 acres - 300kBuilding - 2200 sq ft at let's say 155 sq ft for contingency since they are saying 140= 341,000Legal costs - 50,000Grading and site work- 100,000Total Cost - 791,000NNN lease - 2200 sq ft at 30 a foot = 66,000 a year NOI66,000 / 791,000 = 8.3% cap rate to cost ( break even )Market resale estimate 6.5 cap rate = 1,015,0001,015,000 market price6% broker commission = 60,900Attorney and legal to sell = 15,000Stamps, recording fees, etc. - 10k or so (varies by state and county with costs)929,100 - 791,000 = 138,100 gross profit before long term capital gains tax of holding for more than 1 year time or deferred taxes if you 1031 exchange into something else.As you can see by the numbers this deal is too thin for all the work involved.

I hear you about the specific performance of my little house being unlikely. 

SFRs in the suburbs are for growing families who want to be in certain school districts--these properties will have high property taxes and be at the more expensive end of the spectrum, but you can find fixer uppers and sell them at a good price after rehab if you are patient and look deep--try auction sites like Auction.com, Williams & Williams, Xome, Hubzu.

Finding some attractive looking deals, I'm an out of state investor, looking to buy and hold for rental/cash flow purposes, how has this area changed over the years/performed for people?

This iss great site to learn and exchange ideas.