lol Also, what you mentioned is initially was I was hoping to look into Section 8 renting.

My initial thought is that it won’t necessarily increase the home values but could be a great rentals with low vacancy rates?

I maybe able to tell you if there's planned development/community initiatives etc for the surrounding area. 

In many other blogs, especially ones that pertain to the Brrrr strategy, the goal of the purchaser is to find and make the very best deal possible when acquiring the initial property.

Cash flow initially is ideal but it should continue to increase over time.

I think it is prudent to seek your own tax and legal advice for your scenario and worth the money, but if you were to only follow suit initially for what the larger groups / buyers do that may get you off to a better start than most.  

I'd recommend initiating a discussion with them once you're ready.

They will still have you write up an initial contract as with any other property and they must submit that, but then they are the contact who must be online to keep bidding or set the max bid.

We were initially thinking 4-5 bedroom because it sounded like (from threads around here) that's where the sweet spot was on best returns, and also because that would be the sweet spot for us using the place with family once a year.But yes, given it's our first investment property and it's out of state and we'll likely end up buying without even having a chance to visit the area first we're now thinking it might be better to start with something in the 2-3 bedroom range and ease into a larger property in the future once we've gained some experience.I am confused by the last statement though about better returns in other areas of REI. 

I learned very quickly that this was not the right fit for me.The second mistake that I initially made was, I didn’t ask enough questions about training..