My W2 covers my expenses personally. 

This topic can be very specific to each person's situation. 

My personal rule of thumb for profile age is that if the profile was created before 2015-2016 (when the internet started to get a bit crazy with misinformation ahead of a certain presidential election), I'll generally proceed as long as they're interacting like a normal person (not a bot) and their profile looks otherwise legit.

I believe there is information on each of the persons profile that I mentioned.

You can DM me as well but there are many experienced sponsors on this forum that I think collectively can provide valuable feedback across the whole country.

The Operator or the HammerThis is the person that actually runs the physical asset - property and asset management, project management - takes care of the day to day gritty details of operating rental property.

It's definitely ramping up, and I do recommend caution and personal research as well, but that is true for any out of town investment.

Probably the best way is to find a good deal and bring an experienced flipper onto the deal.

Out of the three areas you mentioned, personally I would prefer Cincinnati in that list.

The only exception is finding a drywall person and general carpentry person; that's the only jobs I try to find an individual person for.