While I own a house in Canada, which has been my only investment so far, I am eager to diversify my portfolio and begin investing in real estate in the USA.

Applying that to RE investing, most would agree your first FHA loan should be a multi-unit house hack.

I have seen this same house that is vacant (all the classic signs) I have located the owner ( I have not reached out to her yet).

Our IR team is vertically integrated in-house and not outsourced.

They'll want all the money spent on the main house, lenders kind of ignore ADUs it's weird. 

There is also an ad on small "house" which is also being rented.

One thing I continue to think about is how valuable 2-4 unit properties are becoming, and will continue to be, since Fannie/Freddie took the income restrictions from the 5% down conventional loan option for house hackers. 

They even sent someone from the city to the house to tell us to stop operating it as a STR. 

We are somewhat handy and would not mind fixing up the house while living in it. 3.

From my experience you should expect a 10% to 15% of gross revenue for repairs/maintenance.