@Jeff Plair yes, the right market is very important but I think the team on the ground that you assemble is even more important.A bad team in a great market will still produce less than satisfactory results vs. a great team in a average market will produce very favorable results.I would suggest narrowing the market choices down to a small few [I assume Indianapolis is on your radar?  

I'm still struggling a bit in narrowing in my focus as I target my first property. 

Can't say I am too happy about the fact that someone decided it would be a good idea to include an entrance on my street(a small and fairly narrow residential street which does not need additional traffic). 

If you want to invest out-of-state (which in CA is often a necessity), I would suggest doing a ton of research, narrowing it down to one or two solid choices, and then spending the couple hundred bucks to go meet the team.

Conversely, I have low levels of competition in my narrow SFH band, which includes price, geography, demographic target. 

I'm definitely narrowing in on out of state investing in less expensive areas... part of why turn key sounds so appealing.

I decided to try and narrow it down to a small handful of states before going into a more detailed market.My main goal is to get that first deal under my belt to gain experience and get me started.

In Palo Alto, there was a creek overflow at a bridge where the creek channel narrowed.

I was able to accomplish what we did, because I was not capital restrained, and because I knew exactly who the prospective buyers would be and how many of them I could count on to buy a home in that redone community.As a general rule, our company never recommends anything narrower than a 16' wide, even in shorter configurations, unless it is a smaller multi section like Titan builds for lots that have width but not length.

probably because unless your personally buying the property your selling RE without a license very narrow window how wholesaling is legal.all the top flight wholesalers i do business with in FLA are licensed  Altura being one