One bedrooms typically have higher turnover and that adds costs in makeover, lost rent in transitions, etc.  

This rail system is a very affordable mode of transit that thousands of commuters use to get into the city.

Have you transitioned to a more REI focused career yet?

If fees are too low, I would suggest keeping them the same for at least one to two years, then slowly incorporate increases.If you pay cash, make sure that you have some sort of clawback ($$) for a certain amount of time if accounts leave in XXXX days.Will the owner stay a certain amount of time to help in the transition?

It's admirable that you want to step in but if you think it would be hard to move her now to a rental town home or apartment it's only going to be worse down the road.Your emotional ties to this "house" is keeping you from seeing the opportunities you need to support your mother in a transition to a new living situation.

And now we have many neighborhoods that are in transition and changing rapidly.

Although I have made some mistakes with our rentals, I have loved it and want to build a portfolio that produces enough cash flow (2-3k/mo) to do this full time as I transition out of the military in the next four years. 

Been in the car business past 2 years and thinking of transitioning into a mortgage broker or maybe become an Agent on the side to gain knowledge and build relationships.

Anywhere in metro Nashville, a 100k property is going to be either (1) in a VERY transitional area, or (2) need a crap ton of work. 

I started the Real Estate Career in 2013 as a part time agent, but quickly learned that I wanted to transition to full time.