In addition to submitting your documentation I'd get a plumber to state in writing that the windows being left open is what caused the pipes to freeze.

If you can't manage what you currently have, you won't manage additional income from investments.

You may borrow an additional $35000 for hard cost improvements.

Down payment should be about the same (20% on a buy-and-hold) but you'll see an additional $3-$6k on average in CC and the ability to keep it off of your DTI/Personal credit along with hopefully no more hard inquiries on your credit (many lenders will accept/perform a soft pull).

If so that's a big additional risk for the buyer.

You can easily find this online but I will message you directly with some additional info. 

I wouldn't suggest you buy a single-family home to live in because the additional cost outweighs the benefits.

Investigate what (if any) additional fees that they charge for handling evictions, and find out whether they go to small-claims themselves, or hire an attorney.

It seems like there are additional obstacles to success for me since I'll have to do pretty much everything remotely, but an expression that I like, and I'm paraphrasing here, "If the path you're on seems easy, you're on the wrong path"Would love any and all advice, guidance, comments, warnings or whatever else you'd like to share.

Cash-flow is for "keeping the lights on" as in covering operational expenses to defend against any need for additional capital investment.