A key step is also meeting with the City and/or all entities who are involved in permitting. 

Well....should you invest in a city where the people elected a woman with foreclosures, liens, judgements, garnishments, ethical violations from the state ethics board,  misused a city credit card, went three years arrears on her federal taxes all while yelling for other people to pay "  their fair share, " left skeletonized dead bodies hanging over Canal St for months on end covered only by a tarp until the wind blew it off to reveal to our horror her blatant disrespect for human dignity?

Part of the reason I threw myself into work and used to work 60-80 hours per week until I was let go last year when a new Upper Management came on board and started replacing managers with personnel from his previous employer.

@Michael Camacci, KP is Key Principle.  

Perseverance is one of the keys.  

If you're near a medical and/or law school, monthly rentals are preferred by those who are preparing for board exams over vacation rentals as well as by visiting professors. 

To start real estate investing, learn deal analysis, and understand key metrics like cash flow, cash-on-cash return, cap rate, and gross rent multiplier.

I'm giving myself 10 years to be successful at this.Turn key properties are best for me right now, as I'm a provider in a clinic and work 3 nights a week in an ER, so my time/energy is limited.Thank you all for any tips, advise or otherwise!

We aren't zoned for a campground or RV park nor do we want to pursue changing the zoning to that, but keeping it low-key and low-density it doesn't attract attention, nor are we putting massive cap ex into it.

"Income Charge- This charge may only be levied by the Board in accordance with the Community Authority Declaration.