To start, the numbers:3 bedroom, 1.5 bath 1700 sq foot brick SFH with bonus room.Purchase Price: $59kAppraisal: $105k as is with estimated $124k after rehab.Renovation budget: $20k.Renovations include: new flooring in bonus room, kitchen and baths. total renovation of bathrooms, new cabinets, crown molding (to cover bad drywall job by previous owner), buff hard woods, paint exterior, paint interior, remove awning, remove side door and seal up, fix low spot in kitchen floor, and remove the non-permitted fire place.Estimated Rent: Initially I budgeted $950 per month based on another rental I own in a similar location, but  two houses on the same block were recently rented for $1200+.

But I'm happy to meet someone from Antigonish!

Then meet with them in person.

In the San Francisco Bay Area (SUPER EXPENSIVE) I have a rental in a D Neighborhood and it still doesn't meet the 1% rule, but it's close.

I am from Wisconsin and travel often.Once established, I intend on participating in meetups and REA meetings if invited. 

I now have a list of questions I need to get answered and will be meeting with the city tomorrow to find the answers.

Also I specialize in finding off market deals, so if I find anything meeting your criteria, you'd be the first set of eyes to look at it.Thank you sir

The property has to meets their buying criteria in which it does.

Then find a property/investment which meets or exceeds that goal.

I signed up for Habitat for Humanity to try to meet some, but that's not as simple as it sounds--you may spend a full day with just painters, or sweeping the hall.