My thoughts are to start with single family/duplex and look forward to advice and interactions from all who have experienced knowledge to impart. 

If you own the property in your name or a single-member LLC, you may perform the eviction yourself.

I would look at other strategies too to open your mind. we do new builds single family and multifamily for investors here in columbus with 20% equity at a min. that strategy takes like 5 calls with investors just to get them to wrap their mind around it because it's sophisticated.

Looking into single family houses or multifamily, as there is an actual land that you own and potentially build ADU/DADU in the foreseeable future.

What are neighborhoods to stay away from and what are the best places to invest in rental single family homes?

If the funds are coming from an acceptable source, they don't necessarily need to be seasoned in your account for any length of time.

The long-term capital gains tax rates are 0 percent, 15 percent and 20 percent, depending on your income and status (single, married, etc).  

@Nathan Gesner Account Closed appreciate the ‘ wake up call’ so to say.  

If that is the case, then these are actually classified as detached condos, not single family homes.

Means you hack a single family house into 3-4 units and rent them out on MTR.