I ultimately have an idea of places that I would like to live, but just wanted to see what people thought from both an investing aspect as well as enjoyable place to live.

Our biggest hurdle is the financing aspect of it and we both know a couple of people locally who may be able to help, BUT we are wanting to start learning as much as possible to turning this idea into a future career as we both like the idea of employment independence as well as financial independence.

I agree with @Jo-Ann Lapin to some aspect.

Our biggest hurdle is the financing aspect of it and we both know a couple of people locally who may be able to help, BUT we are wanting to start learning as much as possible to turning this idea into a future career as we both like the idea of employment independence as well as financial independence.

In this series we will talk about the Importance of branding yourself as a real estate agent, the steps needed to define and outline your brand, and the consistency needed in all aspects of your marketing plan to put your brand to work for you!

Suggest you invest inspection with a foundation contractor give you practical aspects of foundation. 

Another aspect of our property selection is the tenant pool the property targets.

This is crazy and doesn't make sense to me that we qualify for this refi on every aspect but can get held up for $1200 that i can't just pay now?

Another aspect to consider is that it's best to determine a price based on your (or a Local Realtor's) research and get it in writing before the appraisal.

The appraisal aspect would scare me.