It was the same price as the 1st property I bought except twice the size and two of everything.

There is plenty of tax planning opportunity with a property type of that size. 

Given that I am self employed, a few personal loan options, did preliminary asking about my situation, and they got lost in the weeds with how my real estate income looks so dismal on tax returns.

There's definitely a lot of merit to transition over especially when you're at the size/scale you currently appear to be.

I had one give me a $1795 on one property and another one give me $1600 on the same size house just a couple blocks away.  

Out of that voucher amount, they will have a utility and appliance work sheet that provides a cost for each utility or appliance not provided by a landlord for each bedroom size.

I am currently employed as a project engineer working for a GC that builds multi-family projects.

Compare other rentals with a similar size, location and bedroom count to get an estimate of what the rent would be while you're living there.

I’ve worked for some group home providers where they employ a maintenance worker who handles some of these issues (usually if the have multiple homes in a specific geographic location) and I’ve worked for homes where the handiest employee fixes things and that option doesn’t always have the best outcomes.

Use a 10x20 size to determine your market size