Maybe have a decent sized pool of cash to take care of the occasional roof repair or personal expense, but almost entirely in real estate?

<---if you own Jefferson County properties in this age range, this issue should receiving your attention. 

Just because Zillow estimates a lower value, doesn't mean people will offer lower than the list price.Also, be careful about the laws with the association and renters.

You can’t just rely on the voucher and guaranteed rent; you have to make sure the tenant will take care of your property.

I have mine for 1800, I’ve been receiving a lot of attention on and people have been touring it a lot, however no one has finally made the next steps to move in.

Case and point today we spent 6 hours onboarding a new house in Kissimmee (outside orlando) whose prior cleaners did not care.  

As for your lease, I'd be careful with what you are doing there.

U have to vette folks to make sure they take care of it and just dont sell it .. :)  So with what you have raised and if you want to continue raising money you could follow the same path I did..

This property came to our attention through local market research and connections.

I would be careful about sourcing these types of lists from other operators, it takes awhile to build relationships with various companies and most of the company contacts don't like their information being passed around