Do the best you can but the face to face encounters are always the most effective in my opinion.

This trend suggests a growing rental market as more people are unable to afford buying homes under current economic conditions.while the housing market may face challenges, the rental market will likely expand as an alternative for those priced out of buying homes.

You minimize your risk of being over leveraged, and barely making ends meet with the rental income. 

@Zach Knoll many investors hire PMCs because they realize they don't have the time or expertise.Others, hire a PMC after a major disaster punches them in the face - showing them that they don't have the time or expertise.

As my wife and I figured out, living in our current primary, we barely go to the basement.thanks

at a bare minimum, new paint and carpet/plank everywhere and changing out all the cabinet hardware, electrical covers, fresh light fixtures, etc. will make things look fresh and clean.

What other issues/roadblocks may I face that I am not aware of?

Especially since it would be facing the road.

Lenders face far more regulations when lending on owner occupied properties which may limit your options.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”Theodore Roosevelt