Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

Additional costs will creep in and costs seem to go up faster than rents, so I would sell and try to otherwise optimize the VA loan. 

I suppose I'll just wait until I find a good applicant and be grateful I won't have a vacancy this time next year. 

If you need a lender for that, feel free to shoot me a DM.TYFYS and best of luck!

The typical income from a free and clear rental would probably be $800-1500/month - and on a financed rental probably $300/month on a good day in today’s market.  

Make sure your rehab is "renter" cost rehab. etc. 

When I was pursuing that at one point I only had 1 out of 50 applications reach back out.  

Google the term UBIT.Tom Wheelwright has a chapter on why you don't want to do this in his book Tax Free Wealth.

Pick a screening platform/application that makes sense for you.As for meeting the applicants, I recommend meeting them at the property to show the place to them rather than getting coffee or food with them.

Seems like it's in a lower end area so if it is filled you will have tenant issues and turnover cost.