I'd agree with Min, turnkey single family for your first investment is a solid way to start.

I have done this in the past. 

Past that I would consider a DSCR loan that would just care about the property and its rent and not so much that you are self employed.

Interestingly, in the past few years that I've been watching Nomad, their reviews have gone from a solid 5.0 on Google (mostly fake I assume) way down to a 4.2 now. 

The area has seen strong appreciation over the past few years due to increasing demand, population growth, and its appeal to both investors and homeowners.

For furniture, thinkwhat maybe you have had in the past that you have had a while and maybe try tofind that at a discount.

I have had multiple units in the past that dragged my down a lot more than propelled me forward, and I was happy to dump those.

For example, this past Tuesday on the Fulton county auction they had a house that is listed in the MLS for $6 million and it was sold to the highest bidder for $1.2 Million.   

So having "voted for this" seems like a weak argument when there's no alternative.And if you want to say third parties are an alternative, with basic game theory you can see that in a first past the post voting system, they are not. 

My wife and I have been using everydollar budgeting app by Dave Ramsey for the past 8 years.