I don’t completely understand how I could best put my money towards a rental property or fund one with the income that I am making.

If you don't have enough to invest locally can you increase your income and savings to be able to invest in 6 months or a year? 

Regardless, you might find the copy & paste info below helpful:)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

I once bought a house in Essington (Tinicum Township) - 5 minutes from Philadelphia Airport and I learn that the small Tinicum Township had a lot of income from the airport economy: hotels, crashpads, parkings etc

I think the real estate professional strategy works if it is your primary source of income.   

(I REALLY can’t stand state income taxes.  

Gross income right now is 2700.

Additionally, the borrower no longer has any income coming from the subject property during these proceedings.  

Absolutely, the passive income from owning rentals is great but I also love getting into big projects and seeing the transformation from start to finish@David Jesperson What city/market are you looking to buy and what type of properties are you looking for, SF, 2-4 MF, or 5+ MF?

Akron is a very blue city and are not very landlord friendly - source of income protections, etc...