For example, investing on the south shore may offer affordable property prices, but it may also come with high crime rates and a less stable environment.

My wife and I started saving and building our credit a year and a half ago after talking to a lender to figure out our trajectory to buying our first property.With our credit score in the high 700s and our savings just over 35K we reached back out to our lender and got a rough estimate of where we stood as far as borrowing power.

The interest rates are high now.

then you really don't have a problem...except that you are forced to switch horses in mid-stream which I know is not desirable....A new GC will not always charge so much more to take over a job mid-stream, it just depends on a lot of things (like the original GCs reputation).I would get a release (of sorts) stating that the original GC will warranty the work that he has completed and that the new GC is not liable for any work not performed by his company.

@Alexandra Coryell this is going to be highly dependent on your lender and your builder. 

Are there any specific marketing channels or tactics that property management companies often overlook but can be highly effective in lead generation?

Most of the houses we are finding on the MLS are priced too high for the numbers to work on a fix/flip. 

Much like fix and flip loans spiked up to 11-14% for a while, and are now back in the high 9's to 11's, I think it's encouraging to see the terms floating back to closer to where they were before. 

Do not paint brick -- low maintenance becomes expensive high-maintenance, no thank you. 

Those prices are high.