Last I checked, it was like 15% moving in, but 8% or 9% moving out. 

You can also check meetup.com or search facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.

Also, checking on venues for a possible meetup later that week. 

Louisville has many 10s, 9s, and 8s.The entire state has very low crime.Here are resources that'll help too: usa.com, usa.com/rank/, city-data.com, https://www.zillow.com/research/data/You can also go on to zillow and check under the for rent section and check individual properties for how long they have been on the zillow market.From scrubbing the internet for all this data to find vacancy rates, I'd have to say Louisville has low a vacancy rate, which is good, yet how much so depends on the specific neighborhood.

Normally on something like this our answer is check with your lawyer so I think that answer still applies to this as we are not lawyers. 

With that said, as someone who does invest in Nashville--Sobro, Music row-- is where we stay when we are checking on our properties.

obviously the goal would be to pay the whole amount off but I Just want to check into all the "what ifs"Any input is greatly appreciated

You could ACH the funds into your checking account then go to the bank to set up the wire.

The experience was very poor and began with a lengthy application, asking for all sort of documents including tax returns, rental schedule, voided check, credit check etc, just to get a pre approval letter.

I would love to see your plan of action for checking out the tenants to see if its even worth it.