It will run you around 4K for a full analysis and recommendation but if "high income" is really high income that 4k could be well worth it.  

Finding MFR with cap rates that are worth looking at makes it that much harder.

@Matthew Charron I do hope someone takes you up on your offer.In case no one does though, I'd recommend you attend a local real estate investor group like Black Diamond REI in southern Mass. or RI Real Estate Investors Group in RI.You'd want to engage several people in conversation, particularly during the times at the beginning and end of the meetings when folks typically network, and maybe ask a few folks out to coffee.Many people look for "mentors", and that might work for you, but another approach to consider would be just to try making friends with people who are one or two steps ahead.So maybe they're not successful full-time investors (the Holy Grail of Mentor-seeking), but instead own one or two rental properties, or have done one or two successful flips, or really anything in one of the directions you want to go.I find that can be easier to achieve, and you can get a lot out of it because such folks are very familiar with the challenges you face - after all, it wasn't long ago they were at that same point themselves.

Networking and leaning builds your net worth.

Is there a website or a resource that provides operating cost and rental income for multi family homes to help an out of state investor decide if this is a good area, and if the props are worth taking a deeper look at?

You do not have to rent a bunch of dehumidifiers as you have removed all the wet stuff, but one is probably worth it.

Response rates are typically 0.5-2% so the bigger the list the better.

If your location requires appraisals for loan acquisition, it is well worth the several hundred dollars to do so.

With house hacking I have read three months worth of mortgage payments at a minimum.

The unit currently has an electric stove that is not worth keeping.