Reply To: 2 Questions – Text Frame Default and Place Default

If every new frame you create has the wrong font and size, you should make a new paragraph style and select it while no text or objects are selected on the page. That sets it as the default. Make sure the character style panel is set to None while no objects are selected, so that's also always the default.

No, you cannot control where Place goes in InDesign. I suggest using a utility to control that. I use Default Folder on the Mac, for example.