Kind of all over the place I’m now realizing as I’m typing it out.

@Craig Ancier I was hit by a car while cycling at 30 years old, had a wake up call, and realized how poorly I was handling my finances.

You realize you'd be paying $4000 per square foot, right?

I realize now we need to work on our credit, which we will do in the best responsible ways over the next few months. 

This is what we'd call a "subprime borrower", again harkening back to the days when lots of folks got burned when the market declined and they realized they were underwater on multiple properties, and ended up losing all of their properties to foreclosure. 

Here is what is bad: in most cases, when people realize their property has been sold in a tax lien sale they redeem (pay their property taxes) - so you may only earn that rate for a matter of a few months.

We live in San Diego and I have realized that buying here in this market will definitely not cash flow so considering Midwest as well as other options.

Yes, the 107 units was just at the moment I checked, but you're right, that wouldn't matter if I'm targeting current LTR landlords.Though, totally off-topic...I'm realized only considering this idea because I love having an MTR but feel I can't afford to do more of them myself.

The best advice I can give is to learn here and then take action with the realization that everything isnt going to be perfect the first time around, but if you continue it will pay off in the long run!

Since you are just graduating college you may already realize that it's not what you know, but who you know (as a personal note, I had college friends that were barely passing their classes however they ended up with really good paying jobs due to "who they knew").