Harder but doable and then years 2+ get a nice little bump in CF.

It may sound crazy but I know it is very doable and possible.

To achieve a fully conditioned crawlspace is just a tad more complex but is easily doable by anyone who studies- it's basically deleting any ventilation ingress/egress from the crawlspace, adding insulation to the walls, deleting insulation from the joists, installing a vapor barrier on the ground & walls, and installing a tiny air exchanger that will force air periodically from the conditioned main house into the crawl.   

This sounds doable but I would suspect going this way would mean less potential profit.

Finally I learned more about it and realized that it's just a lack of education.So to answer your question, if you are in an area that really doesn't allow for cash flow, my assumption is usually one of two things: 1. the owner bought the property decades ago when it was cheaper (whether they meant to or not or even knew what they were doing), or 2. they are losing money at a decent speed.Although, with all of that said, the 1 and 2% rules are much harder to come by these days than they were even 2 or so years ago. 2% is pretty much out of the question unless you buy in the ghetto, but 1% is still decently doable in a lot of markets.

If population growth and new construction is happening in the area, it may be doable? 

But it is very doable!

If you want to self manage and not use a PM it is definitely doable just make sure that you take the time to learn the laws and regulations to keep yourself out of trouble.I think the main question is how does one value their time, is it worth the few dollars per hour one would make doing stuff like going to home depot and meeting with tenants and learning what is legal and what is not. 

I think your plan is doable.  

So it is totally doable once you move out!!