Families that are looking for a home that have small children may be turned off by a pool due to the safety risk, but your experience may vary in the Midwest.Best of luck.

Easy to find, easy to rent, easy to maintain.Average cash flow varies too much to say, depends on asset class, purchase price, leverage etc.

You won't make a high percentage return (making some broad assumptions, around a 4% return on equity), but if you don't have anything better to do with that money maybe that's a good return for now.There are a ton of options to increase your return by selling and reinvesting the proceeds, all with varying levels of knowledge/risk required.

Your mileage may vary.

It varies by city.

@Sam Hiatt - cap rates will vary, based on investor tolerance.  

LTV's will vary based on occupancy, property type, etc.

Do you rely on an in-house software?

If you have to rely on IO and an idea that rents can be raised, it seems to me that the math isn't working until you tweak it artificially.

Make a script for your phone interaction questions and stick to the same info consistently, don't vary on important points.