I live in Washington state and I buy rental properties to implement the BRRRR method.

I'm pretty sure Ohio implemented a law allowing auctioneers to help liquidate the high number of foreclosures Ohio (3rd highest in the nation I believe).  

(Also, I'm curious to see how your system would work against a company with hundreds of transactions every month)For someone who has a less broad knowledge base, or more limited knowledge of Excel, your system is going to be hard to implement and challenging to maintain. 

And If does anyone have any strategies for implementing them?

She is also interested in buying more properties and continuing this process after some talking from the things I have been learning up here and looking to implement.

Auction.com has started to implement a plan that allows for bid deposit waivers that encourages bitters to participate in auctions.

Hard money loans can be the way to go, but very hard to implement in a competitive market, which leaves you with a 100% cash purchase plus repair.  

Our bank is going to implement a blanket loan such that our equity is collateral.  

after many years of investing in real estate (20) my proudest "moment" is when one of my kids started watching what I was doing so she could then implement it.

Consider partnering with those people by providing the capital for lease/furniture, and have them take care of the property (owner) search + tenant search, then come to an agreement on cash split and responsibilities, go from there..Long answer short, I don't feel that local economics should slow the implementation and growth of this/your model, but doing it with the right properties locally and also diversifying with operations in different markets will help cover your exposure if things start slowing in a specific industry within a specific market.