@Charles Hunnewell, with a bigger concentration of 1-bedroom and studios you may want to underwrite with more frequent turnover higher turnover costs.

Look for local real estate developers who have done similar projects in the past, but I recommend getting the deal under contract with a due diligence period, so you can back-out if you don't get the financing needed.Engage a Real Estate Broker or Advisor, Real estate agents frequently have contacts with investors.

A PMC should have a list of contractors that they use frequently to do this. 

Seth Williams/RETipster really puts out a good product/course, offers tons of information, updates his material frequently (video and written), interviews guests offering valuable info (ex: asset protection, law, taxation).

@Michael Plaks is a frequent contributor here on BP.

Our frequent flyers - they were all U.S.

For what it’s worth, I might visit my apartments every 6 months but I do have fairly frequent calls with my PM.

That may not be such a bad thing as the weather in Chicago has been very windy and cold for the last several weeks with frequent dustings of snow.

I hesitate to invest in Decatur because my (Decatur based) realtor tells me there isn't a reputable property management firm there, and that the rental market, while hot, is fraught with many renters who are unable to pay their rents on time and frequent evictions.  

Hello Raf,I see @Patti Robertson who is a local property manager with a management company called PMI post about Section 8 frequently.