You may not be able to get the full feel of the area with one visit.The one(s) that seem like moneymakers for you, maybe visit with no appointments two or three more times (not in the snow season) and just be a fly on the wall.Visit the grocery store parking lots and fast foods of the areas you like--see who is shopping, are their carts filled to the brim or is it small amounts of food--like they must eat out a lot.Stay in a (m)otel on the fringe of the area, eat on the restaurants the locals eat in (if they are not too dangerous).Go on line and watch their nightly local news, and read their local newspaper online.Talk to local Realtors about A, B C and D areas.Get the Feel for the place, for instance doing business in Chicago (in my opinion) is like falling off a log vs doing business in some other mid-western areas (the locals seem to make it easy and have good attitudes).Other areas the local governments make everything a PITA, with this inspection and that inspection, and local rules and regs as well as eviction feet dragging.

For any given investment criteria there are likely only a handful of suitable candidates spread across a considerable geographic territory. 

rates could not stay at historic lows for ever.. but we are in new territory will see how sentiment moves the market.

On one hand I think being that the unit is next to and above heated ones it will be OK, especially if the danger zone for pipes is 20 degrees and the temperatures look like they’ll be in the 30s for the week with only a few dips.

So you're not really getting a net discount, until you re-fi but then you're charting into new territories and there's no guarantees.

Was the government truthful about the efficacy of the Covid 19 vaccine and it's dangers?

One of the major costs here is electricity being the 2nd highest in the U.S. and its territories (~$0.30 kWh and climbing).

The home in certain area would rise if there're few recent home buyers that overbid the market, with just 3 comps the entire neighborhood could rise a lot, but that also pose a danger to the market because when interest rate is rising, the demand is slowly reduced.

One good thing about Notes, you can legally collect a finders fee as Realtors don't do notes, so you are not infringing on their territory.

Asbestos inside the home, ie insulation, is dangerous to remove yourself.