Plan is to purchase a couple homes over the next year.

@Emily Gowen so as you pointed out you would not have to do a 1031 exchange on your current home to avoid the capital gains tax and coupled with what Dave Foster pointed out I think, speaking from experience you would have a high likelihood of success. 

If I can get around this situation, it would be worth carrying some costs for a couple months but if eviction prolongs, a good deal will go bad quick.

A couple thoughts on your question:I tell our STR investors in Colorado that their main goal should be to set up the right way right out of the gate.

We're looking at a couple more LTR investments along the Oregon Coast but they just don't have the numbers we'd like to hit, so we may sit tight for now until something whacks us in the face. 

Quote from @Shayan Sameer: I would reach out to a couple lenders see if you can get some competitive rates and also see about the points too that they are charging..

I don’t have a problem paying a couple grand to remove some of the just figure it out stage of learning and utilizing expertise of people that already do it. 

Hence the idea of a couple more properties, however, with much more units than I currently have per building. 

I've tried a couple - truepeoplesearch, white-ages, property radar, leadsherpa, batch leads...Some services are better than others, but it is a numbers game and you also can cross check between different platforms.

I have a couple of friends who have several rental units in Gettysburg and said the rents are good and he has many professionals who stay for a good amount of time and pay on time.