The current game is flipping which is a job (stop flipping and you stop making money) or more patience than I have.  

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

I guarantee Musk cares more about his money, property, kids, and bathroom floor than the hired help, but that doesn't mean he is better suited for the job or that he has the time, skills, and energy to handle it.Maybe you're part of the small percentage that can do a better job.

Generally speaking condo are cheaper to get into, but you have higher costs due to condo fees and if the condo board does a bad job running the place, you will have even more costs. 

I still work a full time W-2 job and have three relatively young children.

Cleaning and inspection tasks are auto created in Breezeway based on check out dates and assigned to my cleaners so they can see it in their Breezeway account.I could make this simpler by removing either Hostfully or Hospitable since they offer a lot of overlap features.

You lost your job and are still jobless eight months later.

If that's the case and you aren't viewing more properties in person than you are making spreadsheets on, you are destined for analysis paralysis.Spreadsheets can only tell you estimations based on numbers given to you online or by a real estate agent whose job is to sell the property.

It seems like you are making money in you job, as it seems like you've saved $200,000 (50% of $400,000.)

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.