Also the fatal flaw with books is they're written at a point in time, which means they are not necessarily related to today.Still can learn a thing or two, but I would resist the urge to follow the book that hard. 

The 10 year is going to continue to create resistance in the mortgage/cre field.

Great weather, people and food ;) Any idea about the market there?

Pros: Diverse job market, low unemployment, great resilience during recessions, nice appreciation, 1% rule can be hit if you look hard enough, great economy, good schools, Midwest nice.Cons: Extreme weather at times (hot/humid summers, tornadoes/hail, brutal cold in Jan/Feb), high insurance premiums, property taxes also really high.

If you and your family are willing to house hack and use either an FHA 203k or homestyle renovation loan, the path of least resistance with the lowest risk, in my opinion.If you didn't want to house hack you could try a live-in-flip with those same loan programs! 

(The Weatherly was only 15.6% IRR and 1.9x equity multiple).

I wouldn't get my hopes up as he really has no obligation to, but if he sees a $5K item he can offer and forcing the legal aspect would cost $5K as well, he just might go with path of least resistance...The other aspect is you should 100% figure out exactly what the cost for you to take care of your items would be.

I know weather played a factor, that’s understandable.

State not only allows but makes policies to force counties to comply but counties DO resist and purposely make the process very difficult.

There will still be a lot of people that are resistant, but stroking a landlord's ego and asking for their backstory and what they recommend to enter into investments is a great way to meet people.