By leasing a property while it is still occupied, we average over 2 weeks less vacancy period (and frequently do 0 day turns).Since we own a lot of the units we manage, we also are aligned with you in vendor costs and quality. 

Extremely frequently, in my experience, problem tenants leave all their junk behind (I've handled this from the flipping side, so never the eviction side).

This type of post comes up frequently.  

Warren, you'll have to ask a local lender, however 95% LTV conventional deals are done frequently.

Just realize mistakes will always happen and things frequently do not go as planned.

Originally I got into this with hopes of building myself a new company there but for a variety of reasons I'm not sure it's feasible.  

I'd be curious to hear your take on the Raleigh market sometime...I hear it in the same sentence as Columbus pretty frequently. 

A local coffee shop owner we had been frequenting a LOT then allowed me (for a few $$$) to print, scan then email documents back to the USA.

I talked to a Real Estate Agent yesterday and he actually said the opposite because of his personal preference of not having to deal with frequent turnovers.

Remember that real estate is a very big field, with a large variety of specialties, and not every agent out there understands investment real estate.