After looking for some form of customer service and stumbling onto the FB page, apparently John answered the FB message to me.

In your case, it might be harder due to the small market size. 

Quick closings, good customer service, low fees, interest only payments and desktop appraisals in many cases.

I am beginning to narrow down my search and the criteria that I am considering is as follows: Population size/GrowthWhere are people coming from? 

If the properties arer less than 5 units, they will comp other properties that are similar in size, bed/baths, and condition. 

You'll be able to tell pretty quickly what level of service they provide fairly quickly.

Some of the more high volume investors will have at least one part time person helping them out like a book keeper, maintenance call service or someone to help with scanning/sorting documents.

Depends on the insulation, size of the house, how you set the thermostat.

The Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) which is basically a stipend the military pays to service members to cover the cost of housing generally covers the rent and often times utilities and military folks are willing to use that to cover rent. 

Currently, I have a few smaller projects on a couple of houses: carpeting/tiling floors, painting walls that contain LED paint, installing A/C and heating system, installing light fixtures, installing appliances, making sure electrical wiring is safe, installing recessed lighting, insulating/waterproofing medium size room in the basement.