I understand I will have to sacrifice a lot to get this done.

Once you open up the potential market to the entire country, it's a whoooooole lot to consider as you compare markets against each other.Should you decide to look into Northern California (Sacramento / Stockton) or the Phoenix Metro area let me know and I'll try to get you pointed in the right direction.

Man you have a lot to be proud of.

Check out the nearby members and network at https://www.biggerpockets.com/meet, it will help you a lot to find partners that can help you out in investing.

It costs a lot to keep a place well maintained.The corporate housing/short-term rental will give you the cash flow you need to defray your personal living cost.That would be my move!

It makes me feel like there’s a lot to learn on this website and I should be spending more time engaging and asking questions on it.

One thing you should consider is that you have to pay a lot to maintain your license and memberships as a realtor (I'm not sure what it costs in your area, but here in CT it would cost me close to $1000/year to maintain an active license.)

Not reported to but potentially discovered by -- that seems like a lot to expect from the bureaus, but my earlier, comforting answer needs that update.

However its a lot to keep up with and then you have to foreclose on the property if they never pay you their tax bill.

Below is typical construction.Not a lot to maintain so maintenance costs are very low here compared to properties I owned in Houston and Atlanta.All the above said, if I had to provide a vacancy rate provision for the A class properties we deal with, it would be between 1.6% and 2%.