Had I set better expectations from the beginning maybe my experience wouldn't have been as bad. 

Should I consider getting a co-signer, and how would banks treat potential rental income?

Is now a bad time to buy because of the presidential election?

This new property management company was just as ineffective, and for nearly two years, I struggled with bad tenants, constant repairs, and growing losses.

I made sure they were both aware of the impending storm, particularly the folks checking in on the 6th since we already knew it would be bad by then.  

I did a walk through this weekend and the house is in bad shape.

If you're in a strong market, like the one I am and you can get a property rented out in a weekend while you have current tenants in place. therefore 0 vacancymy most recent turnover cost me $300.I've had other turnovers cost me $4k - that was mainly because of bad tenants who purposely trashed my place. 1 month in lost rent + repairs

The 100/150-hour rules you’ve seen are likely referring to material participation, which is necessary for short-term rentals (STRs) to be treated as non-passive income.

I definitely want to be in a B or C neighborhood area since I have a low budget and capital but don't want the headache of bad neighborhood unsolvable problem, bad tenant to potentially deal with eviction and late rent. 

I'd be down to go there on Sunday morning as I have not signed up for the workshopsThat's too bad, I'm going there after, be there on Thursday and Friday.