Nice to hear your son is also getting into the rehabbing thats amazing for that age!

If you get a good financing deal or use cash , most of them will give you nice profits .

A nice looking finished basement will go south real quick with moisture and your tenant will soon be displeased (rightfully so) about the nice basement they initially thought they had.See what the market is doing, but also consider what your specific property factors are. 

The provided a really nice place to live for significantly cheaper than renting a run down rental in a bad area.

You can't force equity when everything around you is also worth 60k...doesn't matter how nice you make it.

Adding a property per year for the next few years will set you up very nicely for the future.It’s also important to figure out what your goals are and then work backwards from there.

I will continue to tweak my plans and eventually find a nice niche that fits my investing style.   

Very nice!

Nicely done!

Some of the features I am looking for (most likely there is not 1 single vendor who has all this built-in, but more of a technology stack that integrates nicely)Would something like propstream, carrot, and kixie be powerful enough to get rolling out the gates and still be efficient in your eyes?