I will caution you on the short term rental... the city had issued a moratorium on any and all new licenses while they conduct a 9 month study, and then issue new rules and regulations for STRs.

After driving by this FSBO (classic red and white sign in the yard) 15-20 times on my way to the jobsite, we finally looked into it and saw it was a double.

Hi Andrew,There are several case studies/reviews in the forums which you may find through a search.

My current plan is to spend the next few months studying real estate as much as I can prior to moving so when I do I can buy my first house. 

@Jay Hinrichs thank you Jay I really studied th3 program yesterday and I also did the CNF call and asked them did they charge upfront processing fees etc and they told me no.

I have spent a lot of time reading through guides like Brandon Turner's How to Estimate Future CapEx Expenses on a Rental Property and How to Buy a Small MultiFamily Property: A Step by Step Case Study, which have been incredibly helpful. 

@Matthew McNeilThe BEST books on Cash Flow which tells you exactly what it is, how to use it, and why you should really study the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and it's derivatives, is this one: What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow..However, you will need to understand Excel Functions and how general spreadsheets work.The other issue is that the Author, Frank Gallinelli, probably makes the assumption that most of the readers of this book have at least High School Math.I will tell you from my own teaching of Adults, there is NO WAY the average American Adult, including Doctors, Lawyers, etc. remembers Math to the extent of High School.Yes, you don't need to know Pre-Calc, but people get so confused with Math.

(https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/house-hackingcase-study/)Then doing that every year since.

That means getting it listed on MLS with a competent, full-time Realtor.NAR studies (and there is admittedly a case to be made there for bias) have consistently shown that homes that are sold through a Realtor fetch more than enough additional money to cover Realtor commissions. 

I've studied through YouTube and guides.