Managing tenants: In my opinion, self-manage is stressful, but if you have the capacity to make it work, I would highly recommend it.

I highly recommend going to meetups and talking to investors in person. 

The last thing you want is to have a home run deal that theoretically should be a high-profit flip but is ruined because your contractor screws you over in some form or fashion (late deadlines, inaccurate scope of work, etc.). 

I highly recommend requiring ID, selfie, and pics of CC front and back.  

So that area is based mainly on ease of longer term (ish) rental income, with about 2-3 years stability depending on how often people PCS and the (somewhat) quality of tenants (bc you never know, even with military).

I would highly recommend talking to Jeff Weller at Coast 2 Coast and Fernando Corona both are also PadSplit hosts but we're some of the first expert lenders .

But if this is purely an investment, the high maintenance fee is a major concern.Now, let’s look at what happens in the next 5 years:Refinance After 5 Years: Assuming 4% appreciation, your property value will increase to $1,216,653.

Lessons learned is not to buy a property with a high HOA.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

Couple other things to consider, property / school taxes are high, and tenants have lots of rights.