I have an 18 year old friend who plays competitive baseball and is a beast in real estate with his mentor. 

This lack of responsibility and fairness raises serious doubts about the integrity of the program.Additionally, Kristin Witherspoon has also demonstrated a concerning pattern of wrongful terminations.

Nothing 3 or 4 unit will pass the FHA self-sufficiency test, unless you are going to get the property for at least 30% off of fair market value. 

I was to start assembling a team together and am looking for any recommendations of contractors that will offer a little bit more hand-holding, as I am still fairly new to this process. 

Quote from @Rereloluwa Fatunmbi: Quote from @V.G Jason: You literally jumped in the fray of an oversaturated play in a really suspect area of Houston. 

You also don't need to do a traditional long term strategy, is there a draw the  area that playing host to a traveling nurse or other professional/student would be interested? 

I'd be interested in owning a single family home in the area I am concentrated in just to see how that plays out one day.  

I would say you need to play to your strengths, whatever those might be.

I have a city rowhouse with a 20' sidewalk and 5' wide steps with 9 treads and two 7'x7' landings. It's a 4 family, I just don't want that kind of transactional relationship with any tenants. At another property with ...

I've been reasonably happy with this so far, since it's made the process fairly passive.