Also, you could rent out for festivals and graduations/events other times of year.Some areas (Watkins Glen specifically) has disallowed new short term rentals so I'd  be careful and do specific research in the municipality.

They are generally respectful, except that they have frequent religious/spiritual ceremonies outside, and at night.

@Bryce John, there's no set-in-stone method for jumping into real estate investing and everyone has a different position/situation, but here's my practical advice/steps: obtain W2 employment (lenders like to see this), save religiously, cut unnecessary expenses, build your credit, educate yourself on the strategy of house hacking (there's thousands of forum posts and multiple books on this topic), acquire your first house hack deal and decipher if you like being a landlord or not.

The apple festival is only a couple of months away...this would be a great time to sell.

Trying to pass a special assessment was impossible because nobody knew what was going on and the owners who were religiously making their monthly payments realized some of their neighbors didn’t even know they were supposed to pay anything for years!

Get on their email lists and check them religiously.  

Nobody around me is even interested in real estate besides my girlfriend which we both study religiously (reading and podcasts) but I know that’s where both our passions are & in terms of a career where we should be and that we can build generational wealth.

Build your credit, save religiously, work in a W2 position so lenders will take you seriously, etc. 

Watch every video that you can on YouTube about wholesaling, listen to the biggerpockets wholesaling episodes religiously, read often and focus on becoming a better version of yourself daily.Best of luck!

However, it's advised that if you decide to go down this route to run your numbers religiously and confirm the deal you're pursuing meets your criteria.