Before I consider this loan anyway, my father is going to cosign the mortgage as a last ditch effort to secure a conventional loan, which will involve paying about $8k in closing costs, and if that financing doesn't get approved, I have someone who may be interested in being a 50% partner in this deal."

You tell everyone you saved 26,400 of commuting minutes by ditching that crummy job.

Ditch the abandonment clause. 

And we must understand the rules in order to remain in the game, but not be a slave.It starts with ditching W2 income!

We have an aerated sprinkler system (personal residence) if the toilet runs over night the sprinklers will flood the yard (ditch really).  

Basically what I got from it all was I'll be Youtubing how to be a handy man and ditching the idea of a PM!

Frankly, this sounds like a last ditch effort on her part to buy more time to stay in your rental.I don't know how much she owes in back rent, current rent (we're into a new month), late fees, court costs but when you add these all up you begin to realize that even with a new job (and even if it's a "humdinger" of a good paying one) it's unlikely she'll ever be able to catch up.I realize it's tempting to "try to work with her" rather than have an empty unit but at this late stage of the game it's far better to have an empty unit.Course if she pays ALL debts (including August rent) by Monday that would be a different story. 

Not a manager, I'd ditch him.

In fact, now that I am licensed, I want to get clients so I can do it full time and generate enough revenue to help ditch my full time job.  

If none of those things bother you, you may (may) be suited to be a landlord in low income neighborhoods.I started with properties in low-income neighborhoods and I'm not looking to ditch all my properties as soon as I can buy more expensive properties.