Because I'm located quite a distant away from my properties, I want to emphasize the quality of work of the contractors I onboard as part of my team - and thus am doing a ton of research up front. 

Use a dialer like Mojo or Call Tools to make the calling easier, trackable for quality control and easy to integrate into a CRM.

Thanks Curtis, it’s depends on the quality of the unit and tenants, but between 8-10%

You don't always get that quality in other countries, and I find it in short supply where I work and live in the LA area

We see with texting, investors are able to get in front of hundreds of folks within a minute or two.You'll also need to look at your list source and your skip trace quality.

We have another one in Spring lake and Fayetteville but our quality of tenants and cash flow have been better in Cameron.

Lots of ingredients in this soup. 

What do you do to determine neighborhood quality when you're out of state?

It absolves the contractor of any responsibility when it comes to material quality, appropriate, etc.

It will be a solid investment while also giving you the quality of life second to none if you're planning to house hack in the beginning.