Both of those properties are older and may present opportunities to get in at a lower cost since you are willing to do the updates yourself.I would suggest if you are going to go with more moderate theming, a larger house will suite you better.

There was a federal law suit against most of these programs filed by SEC, but I am not sure what the outcome was.

Assess your financial situation, create investment guidelines and purchase houses that suit them.

We lend to a ton of wholesalers for this reason, then no one can question selling your own house.I'm sure there will be more investor friendly brokers or those similar to New Western to pop up in states like VA as more states follow suite. 

Talk to your town about adding a legal suite. 

If I hired an attorney every time a person threatened a law suit or to seek legal representation, I might as well have one on retainer as it happens a lot.  

For a while she had a house with a rental suite and rented it out for extra income. 

You should also have some focus on fun time, or relaxed time whichever suits your personality better.

So, a couple of months after the suit was started the  buyer said "heck with it" (or "bananas" if you don't care for cursing) and stopped paying the mortgage. 

Once you answer all these, then you can start looking at what markets suit those goals.