But the buyer and his lender were not going to perform in time of the 30 day contract as they promised initially.

In between years are 5-8% I was very skeptical when reading your initial post and a few follow ups.

To answer your question, Brent Coombs, i initial goal is to pay off the existing mortgage. 

I hope this helps answer some of your initial questions, if you have anything more specific, feel free to inbox me and I will help in anyway I can.Best,

See the map below for what zip codes I would initially be interested in.

So, whatever issues you encountered in getting a conventional investment initially, are likely still there.

I know a guy who looks like me who has a podcast and youtube channel and membership group, you have paperstac videos, @Jamie Bateman does one on one mentoring, @Dan Deppen has a due diligence course.PS: One note investor with initials SC who has lots of youtube - be careful and you can easily check his reviews out on BP

Tenants have kept the property in decent condition so considering that my initial strategy was to not disrupt them, maybe do a month to month lease agreement while making some repairs than execute a new lease Jan 1st with a small increase in rent. 

If that requires you learning how to PM initially and then getting the right PM, then do so.

Since your situation hasn’t changed much, you should be able to qualify without relying on your house hacking income, especially if you qualified initially without it.