Anything imported is really expensive. 

@William Taylor so many options...Use your RE knowledge to: WholesaleFind rental deals to sell to investors locally or here on BPStart leveraging your personal contacts to build your sales businessFind a motivated seller willing to do seller financing:- Move in worst room or basement, rent out all the other rooms for max cashflow- You could even live in the basement and STR the rest of the house

@Cody Caswell depreciation, mortgage interest, insurance and one time expenses(non recurring) are considered add back expenses.

I am the first in my family to do REI and my goal is to break the tradition of working for a salary for 40+ yrs only to retire on what I hope will be enough to start living freely.

Our goal has always been to bring in enough cash flow to cover ALL of our living expenses. 

More expensive in an LLC though.

See if you can negotiate some selling or moving expenses with the company hiring you. 

The least states:"Tenant shall pay a "late charge" not in excess of five (5%) percent of the amount in arrears for each month the arrears remain unpaid if any Rent is paid more than ten (10) days after the due date thereof, to cover the extra expense involved in handling delinquent payments.

Note - if you live in your property for 2 years out of the last 5, then you don’t pay taxes on the profit. 

Buy in an area you want to live and renting to the people you want to rent to.